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Old Wed Dec 31, 2008, 10:32pm
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Originally Posted by shishstripes View Post
I once discussed this same philosophy with a veteran official and their response was this:

"A violation should not be considered on an advantage/disadvantage basis. By ignoring the violation because the defense was not put at an disadvantage is taking a possession away from the defensive team putting them at a disadvantage."
Exactly my sentiments. If you start using advantage/disadavantage for violations, you logically end up ignoring a player who dribbles out of bounds in the backcourt without any pressure, because no disadvantage in that.
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