Officiating Philosophy ?

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Originally Posted by Coltdoggs

... I am allowed to deem contact incidental or not as the official and will always fall back on that.
... Contact between a defender and dribbler is subject to what I see, interpret under my understanding of the rules and if I feel that contact put one of those players at a dis-advantage then I will blow the whistle.

this is pretty much how we call every game is it not?

Originally Posted by Coltdoggs

We have all adjusted our calls in games before...if it were getting too physical we tighten up to send a message to the players. We don't let them continue to pound on each other and let tempers escalate.....I would equate my philosophy on this matter to that.

This is what we do every game we set a tone and the players play to it. So why would you change that philosophy for any game?