While I have your attention

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Bill - this is the perfect example of what separates the "rule book ref" from a good official. What BITS and BktBallRef are subtly telling you is, even though there is a rule in the book about about multiple fouls, in practice it is very rarely, if ever, called. In reality, B1 commited the foul a millisecond before B2, therefore the second contact is ignored unless intentional or flagrant. The rule is probably in there because someone asked at some point, "What if two different players fouled at EXACTLY the same time?" In realty this almost never happens.

You mentioned in a different thread about being called a "rule book ref". Everyone should know the rules, however there is an art to knowing the rules, and knowing when and how they are applied. That is what separates a good official from a "rule book ref". In this case, calling a multiple foul would mean you are a "rule book ref". Knowing that an intentional foul means two shots and possession, no matter if it is a foul on a shot or not, is an example of being a good official.

Many of us are still perfecting that art. Does that make sense?

Unsuccessful three-point attempt?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Unsuccessful three-point attempt?

Yea, yea, I know. I guess I was trying to address his other thread on the subject, where the vet screwed up the penalties and not only called an "intentional" a technical foul, but penalized the foul incorrectly. My point was in that case, knowing the correct penalty makes you a good official, not simply a "rule book ref".

Listen to what I mean, not what I say.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Yea, yea, I know. I guess I was trying to address his other thread on the subject, where the vet screwed up the penalties and not only called an "intentional" a technical foul, but penalized the foul incorrectly. My point was in that case, knowing the correct penalty makes you a good official, not simply a "rule book ref".

Listen to what I mean, not what I say.

I know; I was just buggin' ya. But I'm sure that somebody would have said something, at some point.