Correct, so we switch on all fouls. Actually, this wasn't an IAABO-assigned game, so technically, I didn't have to switch, but I like to keep the habits, just the same. (I got zapped on a recent evaluation for implementing a "summer mechanic" into an IABBO game. Not again.)

I not sure that reporting a partner's foul as a huge deal, especially at the level I was working, though I can easily see where that could get someone in a bind. Had the coach asked, "what did he do?", it may look a little silly for me to turn to my partner for the answer.

You wouldn't get zapped for reporting your partner's foul?

Who'd know it, besides my partner?

I'll check local listings, just the same.

When they had a double whistle with fouls on different players, I'm not sure anyone watching would necessarily know which official was calling a foul on which player unless they were so far apart it was obvious.

That's exactly what was going through my brain when I first read your scenario.

And of course, if I'm working a level where it's no big deal to relay fouls then I'm likely to extend that to "it's no big deal not to switch".

Let's consider the motivations.

If you're doing NFHS mechanics, which require the reporting official to take the trail for the free throws, then you might say, "I had that one, so I'll report it."

If you're doing IAABO mechanics, which require a switch every single time, you might say, "you have to administer anyway, so I'll report it."

The "summer mechanics" around these parts usually mean switching on shooting fouls only (or often, when convenient, especially in running-time games), so a switch would have taken place just the same.

I agree with BNR, I'm much more likely to skip a switch than to relay a foul. I would think the relay would be a bigger deal than the switch, but you know what they say about the Romans.