Bad Sportsmanship Karma

[drinkeii]

Originally posted by RecRef

But if you're not looking for 3 seconds, you're ignoring part of the rules which you are supposed to enforce. I guess I don't see how you can officiate when you choose which rules to enforce and when - if so, it is the only sport, and I officiate 3, that the rules are applied differently depending on what part of the game you're in. That sounds the same as the guys who choose not to call handchecks the way the rule is written, but ignore them because they don't think they're a violation. How can you have a game without rules, and how can you run a game if you pick and choose which rules to enforce and when to enforce them entirely at a whim? (or because someone said "ignore this rule under these circumstances")... [/B]

Well, I'm going to take it that you are new to this game. Know the history of the 3 second rule? Know advatage/disadvatage as it applies to 3 seconds? Know what will happen if you call every violation and foul? Know about being blackballed by ADs and or coaches? [/B][/QUOTE]

Then why do they have the rules if you're not supposed to call them? Why have refs? I understand not calling everything, but to ignore rules because you feel like ignoring them, or because you don't agree with them, is completely wrong.

What exactly is the history of the three-second rule? Not to allow people to gain an unfair advantage?

Also, being a soccer ref - in soccer, advantage/disadvantage is a rule. In basketball, it is NOT a rule - it is a consideration. You can't say, in basketball, "play on!" when you see a foul and want to ignore it, like soccer.