Big Man Penalized by REFS?????

[rwest]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

These two statements say it all. Most of what you say, if I can read between the lines, makes a lot of sense, i.e. calling, or not calling, fouls based on advantage, and disadvantage. The problem is that we call, or don't call, fouls, based on advantage, and disadvantage, not to keep the game flowing, but to make sure that each team has a fair chance to win based on how well that team plays that night. We interrupt the game everytime we blow the whistle. That's part of the game of basketball. As an official, we should never, never, worry about interrupting the flow of the game.

I couldn't put it better. That's what I meant. I didn't mean to place the emphasis on the interruption, but call the fouls that need to be called and lay off the ones that have no bearing on advantage/disadvantage or displacement. I should have said don't interrupt the game unnecessarily. So change "gameus interruptus" to "unnecessarius gameus interruptus".

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by rwest

"Interruptus".

Please stop talking about interruptus. I'm not as young as I used to be. Don't you have some new softball rules to go over?

[rwest]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Please stop talking about interruptus. I'm not as young as I used to be. Don't you have some new softball rules to go over?

Actually, I do have some softball rules to review. Thanks for reminding me!

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

So Big Man catches pass in the low post and pivots to shoot a right handed Kareem-style-skyhook. Little guard is hanging on Big Man's left arm. Big Man shoots the right handed shot with left arm being drug towards ground. Obviously there was no advantage/disadvantage because the big, strong Big Man was able to complete his hook shot, so you would not call a foul, right?

Rocky, I'm not sure your suggestion is fair to rwest. He said he uses advantage/disadvantage and displacement to call fouls. He did not say that's all he uses. Some fouls are obvious independent of disadvantage, and you've provided an example.