Travel - taking the easy way out....

[zebraman]

Originally Posted by deecee

I doubt it has anything to do with guts or rules knowledge -- they got to be top dogs for one reason -- they earned it. Part of that call is judgement sometimes a bobble and a controlled ball has a very fine line. I think sometimes we pass on that call to much when an educated player fakes a bobble to gain an advantage -- i am seeing this more and more with the higher levels. How do we judge a fake or not, I dont know really but it sure looks like it sometimes.

I'm not talking about borderline ones. I'm talking about obvious ones.

Besides, I don't think I've ever seen an "educated player" fake a bobble to get a "travel advantage." You are kidding right?

I am not doubting the ability of the top dogs. The best all-around officials are at the highest levels. But even at that level, they are not perfect. How many times have we seen a D-1 official signal a travel for a throw-in violation even though it is one of the basketball rule fundamentals that the travel rule does not exist during a throw-in. So they don't all have perfect rule knowledge.

Z