When the pregame doesnt carry over to the game

[Rich]

Originally Posted by jkumpire

In the state I work officials have been explicitly told there has to be a call made on a play like this, either block, charge or T. The head of officials in my state told people that at multiple state meetings across the state. He did not say it on the online presentation he made, however.

So in my state it is possible for a T to make this call if the others walked off on it, and the evaluator would not mark the T down for doing it.

After this statement is made, do you make the call or not in my state?

I do what I'm told. I probably, if asked by a coach, would say "Hey, I'm told by the state we have to have a foul there. Please take it up with them." In your state. I don't have to operate under such restrictions.

I frequently see minimal contact, a defender embellishing, and an offensive player stumbling over the defender. It's not a PC foul, it's not a block, it's not a travel -- it's two players going down for no good reason.

I'll see people making stuff up -- most often a travel (the perfect bail out call, I guess) or a block. I prefer to take every play at face value.