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[just another ref]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Quite frankly, the small school rural boys games are called differently than the big city schools because of the differences in style of play and athleticism. A few years ago there was a big controversy when the big school coach called out the assignment of rural officials in a state playoff game where almost all contact was called a foul. The comments were decried by many, but to be completely honest, I understood where the coach was coming from.

Without a doubt, this comes into play, on fouls and violations as well. My association is the rural association in the above equation, and most of our schools are smaller schools. In one of the nights I had this year involving the bigger schools, we called very obvious (to me) traveling on one of the point guards in the girls game probably at least 5 times. I kind of felt bad for her, because she apparently had been allowed to make the same move all year. But, hey, after the 2nd or 3rd call, a player must sometimes make an adjustment.