Penalty for unauthorized leaving floor

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by chartrusepengui

I did question however, not making calls in situations that they don't deem to be very important. If I missed something in the book could you please give me the specific rule that allows for this.

The rule book does specifically talk about knowing the "intent and purpose of the rule so it may be intelligently applied" (or something like that). And, it talks about advantage / disadvantage on all rules. That's all we're discussing here.

It's very difficult to write specific words that correclty and clearly convey to all people how they should be applied in all situations.

Another attempt at explaining what Scrapper and I (and others) mean: Look at what you need to look at. IOW, if a player is alone in the backcourt, you don't need to watch him / her very closely. So, if there's a "minor" palming, or travel, you probably won't (shouldn't) see it. If there's a press, you need to watch, and you will (should) see it.