Celtics offensive foul call

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Legitimate question.....not a flame.....

What possible good could NBA training be if you aren't working at that level? If you are working high school/college ball, isn't that what what you should be concentrating on?

There are people in this area that work Pro-Am ball with NBA Rules with current college and professional players. The officials use NBA/Pro-Am rules and mechanics and several NBA Officials help train and evaluate the officials. Some get the opportunity to work in other Pro leagues that could lead to NBDL or the WNBA. I cannot speak for what goes on in other parts of the country, but that is an option for people around here.

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I say that knowing from Ben's past posts that he is a fairly new/young official that seems to be struggling mightily with both the NFHS and NCAA rulesets. If you're working high school ball and you don't have a very good grasp of those rules, why waste time on a ruleset that you don't work?

Learning pro rules does not mean you have to know other rules sets first.

Peace