An Informal Survey

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BatteryPowered

Is that really true?

Just playing devil's advocate...if a game starts out "a little chippy" and you have tried talking post players out of bumping in/near the paint, a little hip (even if they are not trying to feed the post at that ecxact moment) in the first minute of Q2 may get a whistle and a soft comment "I tried to warn you" as you go to report. Fast forward to the last minute of a tied game...will that exact same little bump under the exact same circumstances get a whistle? My guess is for most officials the answer would be no.

If it's something you've called earlier, letting it go in the last minute is not the way to go.