Foul calling

[Mark Padgett]

If you think it's OK not to call a foul on a "star" player in any situation just because they are a "star" player, then why don't you credit that "star" with a basket every time they shoot - even if it's an air ball? Same principle. Besides, if you call the foul on the "wrong" player, you're penalizing that player unfairly. And if you don't call a foul at all when the "star" commits one, you're penalizing the player who actually got fouled and also their team.

Remember - we don't commit fouls, we just point them out when they occur. If we don't - we're not doing our job.

In our local kids rec league, we've had some players who were the kids of NBA players and some of those kids were much better than most of the other players. We never gave them "a break" or showed favoritism. Every once in a while, someone would ask us about it and we were adamant that every kid gets treated the same.

[egj13]

I have had instances where I credit a foul to A2 as opposed to A1 as long as both were in the area of the foul...BUT...it has never had anything to do with A1 being a star player, I do it for every player equally, and I only do it on the 5th foul if I do it at all, and only in situations where it is so close that the fould could go to either person. I never not call a foul because someone has 4, and I never call it on someone away from the play just to save some kids ***. I know I know, none of this makes it right but, its what I do.