Traveling - My Call or Not?

[Doug]

I know this will "stir the pot" a little bit, but if the travel was very very blatent, I would call it. IMHO, basketball is about the kids playing a sport for fun, competition plays a big part in it though, everyone wants good officiating.

Why would you penalize the kids for a mistake made by your partner (who knew no better, he is a first year, like willie said, he was proably concentrating on something else) it was a 7th grade basketball game.

You stated you made the decision before the game to look into his area also, because he was a first year, so I feel (I know I am going to get heat from this) that if you are looking into his area and see something as blatent as that, you are obligated to call it.

I would not make it a big deal, and after play has ended, change the call to a travel (because you cna't do that) but if you saw it and called it right away, I don't think there would have been a problem at all, give him the opportunity to call it, if he doesn't get it, it was blatent, the 3 was no good.What effect would this have had on the game?

Some people say let the rook die w/ his call. I think that if the rookie makes a bad call or no call, that I as his partner have to step up.