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Thu Jan 31, 2002, 11:02am
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Here I go again . . .
Men's undergrad semifinals - two very good, pretty evenly matched teams. Team A is up by a few with just under 2 minutes to go. A is pushing upcourt, and B1 (who is, BTW, a ref in this rec league) runs over and contacts A1 - not hard, mind you, but enough to warrant a foul. I called the foul, thinking I did not want things to escalate to the point where I would have to call an intentional. B1's comment - "Come on, Mark, you don't call that in the last two minutes." Needless to say, if I work with him during the championships tonight, we're going to have a long talk about ignoring the time on the clock before our game.
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"To win the game is great. To play the game is greater. But to love the game is the greatest of all." 
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Thu Jan 31, 2002, 11:31am
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Mark,
Start out by telling him that you were just making sure that he would have the opportunity to referee with you in the finals!  After he finishes saying things that would easily require a flagrant T, let him know that you actually did understand how much time was left in the game, and that you were calling the foul with nonsevere contact since his team needed to put the other team on the line to stop the clock. Remind him that if the "soft" foul is not called in this situation, then the next one will be harder to make sure that the whistle blows, and if you are not careful, here comes the fight.... Regardless, if the two of you work the finals together, make sure it is put behind you and have a great game. Congrats on the chance to work the game!!!!!
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