Traveling Rules Simplified

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by tballump

In the games I have watched, I knew good and well "both officials knew the traveling rule inside and out". However, the official that called all the obvious travels and the travels that 'looked funny' even though they were 'not' really travels by the book, came out smelling like a rose. All the coaches loved this official (because it makes their team look like they have committed a turnover due to their good defense), and as long as the official calls the 'funny looking' (but not true travels) travels both ways, they love him and want him for all their games.
Meanwhile the partner that called the regular travels, (but would not call the 'funny looking' travels that were not travels by the book), ends up calling the technical fouls on both coaches, both of whom want the ones that are not really travels, and has both coaches complaining to his superiors about what a horrible official he is and that he doesn't know the traveling rule. And guess who gets the better schedule. Oh darn, it ain't the guy that had to call the technicals and called the travels correctly, its the guy who knows they aren't travels either but calls them because they look funny and doesn't have to take the heat for a no call.

Originally Posted by zm1283

Unfortunately stuff like this is true a large percentage of the time. Coaches don't know the rules. Coaches love officials who will let them walk all over them. Officials who have never given a T love to talk about it like it's some accomplishment, and would rather have a coach walk all over them and then "like them" rather than take care of business and not give a damn what the coach thinks.

Sorry, pet peeve of mine.

Now let's see how long this post lasts because I'm going to call the described behavior cowardly.