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Originally Posted by TD21

You are just adding your own spin on what I'm saying. I never said anything about calling fouls that didn't happen, or not calling fouls that did happen. I'll play your game for a minute. Do you know when you make a bad call? Do you know when you can pass on a play that could have gone either way? Do you understand simple concepts such as a square peg doesn't fit in a round hole?

Nobody said anything about calling fouls that didn't happen. That, at least is a good thing agreed upon by all. But when you refer to "making sure that it is a good foul," this is when the trouble starts. If you say that the second or third foul "must be a good foul" because it will put a guy on the bench, this insinuates that it was not necessary for the first one to be a "good foul." As for being aware of a bad call when you make it, sure, sometimes you have one that looks bad in retrospect. Could that affect my next call in the same borderline situation? Possibly, but not because of the fact that it is on a star player. Does a square peg fit in a round hole? No, but if the hole is big enough, you can hide a bunch of squares and other inconsistent shapes in it and try to convince people that they fit.