in whose eyes is that advantage gained?.....yours...when you're watching a game, be it a soph game, another hs game, small college game, game on tv, etc. i don't care what fanboys, coaches, or players think...this is a chat room of officials...

i think you may be combining the complaints that you hear from fans/players/coaches during games with the opinions of officials (mine, in this case) that are shared in this forum. they are two different things coming from completely different perspectives.

just watch how much contact is allowed to happen that affects the play. it's the reason why the NCAA has instituted the "automatic" fouls last year - contact that causes the ball handler to fall = foul; contact that interrupts RSBQ (rhythm, speed, balance, quickness) = foul.

Are you sure you didn't mean Mortal Kombat (registered trademark)? :D

MTD, Sr.

I think this is plagiarism from my previous quote. How about a citation.

Since you didn't provide the requisite trademark citation, there's considerable doubt as to whether you were referring to the same thing.

Sorry, but that is not one of the two absolutes that the NCAA instituted last year.

Two hands on the dribbler (which, BTW, we always call at the HS level) and tripping the dribbler so that he loses possession (which we also always call at the HS level). They aren't earth-shattering absolutes, really.