Try operating the game clock sometime...

[scottk_61]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

Maybe the term was supposed to be "ball hawking", like always watching the ball instead of off-ball. Maybe working the clock makes you focus more on the ball all the time and that carries over to officiating? I'm just guessing. . .

right you are, ball hogging, or ball hawking.....I use both terms interchangeably.
My point is that some people develop the habit of watching the ball all the time and then when they get on the floor to Ref, they forget to watch their area and instead watch the ball too much.