more patient?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mplagrow

1) No, the officials whistle does not ever interupt the game, or the flow of the game. The foul or violation does that. I just make sure that if I'm blowing my whistle, the game has really already been interupted. Does that make sense?

2) Are you going to call every contact a foul?

3) Where do you draw the line when B1 is tracking A1 with his left hand? When the flow of the play has been interrupted, right?

1) No.

2) No, just the actual fouls. Incidental contact isn't a foul.

3) Yup, iow when someone gains an advantage.

None of this still doesn't change the fact that any time you blow your whistle, you're still interrupting the game. Why then are some whistles deemed to be "game interrupters" then and others aren't? As an official, we're supposed yto call fouls and violations, aren't we? Or are we supposed to only call some fouls and violations? And if so, what are the violations and fouls that we're supposed to call?

Please enlighten me, someone.

[Nevadaref]

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[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

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No, actually I'm not this time, Nevada. Everybody seems to be using this new catchphrase- "game interrupter"- but I still haven't seen a logical explanation of whatintheheck a "game interrupter" actually is that makes any kind of sense to me.

Every time you blow your whistle, you're interrupting the game. So....why are some whistles supposedly good and other whistles bad? And where can I read the list which tells me which ones are supposed to be "good" and which ones are supposed to be "bad"? Aren't violations violations? And if they aren't, why would anybody call anything? I know that you might use a l'il judgment on certain violations as to whether you're going to call them or not--i.e. 3 seconds, 10 seconds for the FT shooter, an elbow or punched ball with nobody near, etc. Are those the game interrupters that are being talked about, and does that mean that you should never call them? And....aren't fouls fouls too? And, again, if they aren't, then why would anybody call anything? I always thought that that you just decided whether you had a foul or incidental contact, and tried to be consistent in your judgment. Apparently that's completely wrong. Do you now have to decide what fouls should be called too? And when they should be called?

Again, could someone please enlighten me?

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Again, could someone please enlighten me?

I think he term is meant to refer to whistles that do not need to be blown.

A totally random analogy

Let's say you are cutting the grass and your wife stops you to tell you she is going to the store to get you some prune juice. That is OK. She goes (to the store), comes back and stops you again to tell you she is going into the bathroom because she drank the last of your prune juice earlier. Wouldn't you think she could have went to the bathroom and let you continue cutting the grass.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by tomegun

She goes (to the store), comes back and stops you again to tell you she is going into the bathroom because she drank the last of your prune juice earlier.

Q. What are you after you drink 10 bottles of french wine?

A. European (sound it out)

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by tomegun

I think he term is meant to refer to whistles that do not need to be blown.

A totally random analogy

Let's say you are cutting the grass and your wife stops you to tell you she is going to the store to get you some prune juice. That is OK. She goes (to the store), comes back and stops you again to tell you she is going into the bathroom because she drank the last of your prune juice earlier. Wouldn't you think she could have went to the bathroom and let you continue cutting the grass.

Yabut......hasn't it been that way since Dr. Naismith hung up the peach basket? (I know, Nevada. His janitor actually hung it up. Just using a metaphor, is all ). You blow your whistle when you see a violation or you judge the contact was illegal and should be a foul. You gotta interrupt the game to do so too, no matter what. So.....what's the big deal with "game interrupters"(whatever they are)?

And, I wouldn't drink prune juice on a bet...and my wife cuts the grass. Does that mean that I have to go to the bathroom?

Gee, I'm getting soooooo confused......

PS- is a stop sign a "game interrupter"?