Making a call in your partners area.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ma_ref

And besides, I don't think I was contradicting myself, because my partner from the situation I described didn't see the violation, because it never happened. I was right on top of it and nobody had a clearer view than myself.

Yup, I think that you sureasheck are contradicting yourself. You very explicitly stated that you tell your partners "If they see something, then they should call it." Well, your partner saw it, he thought that it happened, and he called it. That's what you get when you advocate going outside your primary.

There's a heckuva big difference between a "gotta-get" call that's in your vision range and is obvious to everyone in the building and looking for and calling fouls/violations all over the floor.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Since you were ball-watching, maybe your partner was off-ball watching. Maybe he knew you would be looking into the backcourt so he was looking down into the paint to make sure no one was getting mugged?

Yup, that's one way to make sure that the whole court is covered.