The Great Debate: ‘No-Call’ It?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
What exactly do you mean by "balance the floor"?

Originally posted by crew

i think what bbarnaky means is if you have a tough 50/50 play on one end of the court where you call a charge, then if you have a tough 50/50 play on the other end a charge should be called(not an obvious block). it keeps consistency in the game. on a further note, if an official obviously misses a call "balancing the floor" should not be considered when the same play occurs on the other end(just chalk it up as a miss).

crew - I cannot agree with the philosophy that calling a block/charge one way on one end of the court should influence how you call one on the other side of the court - or even how you would make the call if it happened next on the same side of the court.

No two plays are 100.0000000000000...% identical. You call each play according to how you see it - period. If it looked similar to a play on the other end but you made the call the other way because that was the correct call for that play, then you are doing your job properly.

"Consistency", as you call it, is not having one call influence the next. It's applying the same principles of decision - making evenly throughout the game from start to finish.

Remember - your job (believe it or not) is to make sure the best team wins. I've explained this philosophy before.