double foul?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Brad

Technically you are right, but calling two fouls here is, in general, horrendous.

Call the first foul -- the second foul has absolutely no effect on the play.

This is where common-sense trumps rules technicalities every day of the week.

Brad, that may be true. But they're discussing what is the right call to make if you actually do have the 2 fouls called. If the second foul is called, then you have no choice but to go with both of them. You can't ignore it.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Brad, that may be true. But they're discussing what is the right call to make if you actually do have the 2 fouls called. If the second foul is called, then you have no choice but to go with both of them. You can't ignore it.

If you are asking me personally, I would tell my partner that we are going with the first foul and only that foul.

Not everything in officiating should be handled by technicalities -- and when we do, we normally get ourselves in more trouble than we would by administering a good dose of common sense.

I am starting to remember that there's a reason that I only have a few hundred posts on this board

[Adam]

Wouldn't there be circumstances, maybe early in the game on a real solid shove by A2, that we might want to get this one, too?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Brad

If you are asking me personally, I would tell my partner that we are going with the first foul and only that foul.

Not everything in officiating should be handled by technicalities -- and when we do, we normally get ourselves in more trouble than we would by administering a good dose of common sense.

I take it that there's no blarges in any of your games either.

Almost the same play, but the airborne shooter A1 after being fouled by B1 then charges into B2(with LGP) and puts B2 into the third row. Are you going with the first foul under those circumstances too?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Brad

I am starting to remember that there's a reason that I only have a few hundred posts on this board

Ya gotta remember that we're just discussing what should be done by rule after the play has already been called.

Real life and the rulebook don't always go together.

[ColeTops25]

Originally Posted by Brad

If you are asking me personally, I would tell my partner that we are going with the first foul and only that foul.

What gives YOU the authority to do that? What gives YOU the authority to turn a blind eye to your partner's foul? I'll bet that makes for good chemistry throughout the remainder of the game

Not everything in officiating should be handled by technicalities -- and when we do, we normally get ourselves in more trouble than we would by administering a good dose of common sense.

How is this a "technicality?" If I call a foul, it's because I've got a foul. Just because it's more difficult to think about the end result and actually sort the play out, doesn't mean it's a passable "technicality."

I am starting to remember that there's a reason that I only have a few hundred posts on this board

I read this board daily. I like to take bits and pieces from the discussion and I generally learn something new daily. I do agree that many posters become to worried about the plays that are very rare, and the "what if" scenarios. But, I think your way off base on this one. The OP is a legitimate question. You can't apply the rules when it is convienent for you.