Things I learned at camp

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Now, I may gve you the benefit of the doubt, and perhaps you are actually saying that it is easier to determine whether whether contact on a dribbler is illegal, because of RSBQ. And, conversely, it may take a little longer to determine if contact on the way to the basket is illegal. But, either way, once the contact is determined to be illegal, the whistle is blown immediately.

Maybe it sounds like you're saying the same thing, but there's a subtle difference in the terminology. An official does not have a patient whistle after contact has been determined to be illegal, but rather they have a patient whistle to determine if contact is illegal.

And you use RSBQ anywhere on the court to determine incidental contact versus illegal contact. And RSBQ is just today's latest buzzword for the principle of advantage/disadvantage. And using advantage/disadvantage to determine whether contact is illegal or incidental has been around...oh...forever. But guys like tref don't understand sumthin' like that. They think that because they hear this crap at a camp, it's now the latest and greatest thing in the history of officiating. Well, the game and the way it's being officiated hasn't changed at all. Not a damn bit. The terminology only has changed.

[Jurassic Referee]

And for any other officials like tref that don't understand the difference between determining illegal contact versus incidental contact and think that RSBQ is the Holy Grail, here's the Tower Principle that has been used for that and has also been around...oh....forever. It's the exact same damn thing. The only difference is that you apply it equally everywhere on the court, not differently on the perimeter versus driving to the basket.

The Tower Principle - For newer officials