A look back to almost 5 years ago... OSU vs Miami

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Originally Posted by JasonTX

You didn't even have to tell us you don't officiate football. I can tell by your lack of knowledge regarding the the time it took for the flag to be thrown. You see, in football we don't throw our flag immediately upon seeing a live ball foul. We have guidelines for calling fouls such as advantage versus disadvantage. In this play there was holding, Porter waited to see if the defender gained an obvious advantage and it turned out the hold did put the receiver at a disadvantage so then the flag is thrown.

Holding? Where? If there was holding, why didn't they call holding?

This is probably why we see a lot of incorrect foul calls in basketball because the official has to be quick. Imagine if you had a couple of seconds to think about what you saw. You'd probably get a lot more right like Porter did in his football game.

So you can only be incorrect ("A lot" by the way) if you make calls quickly? Maybe basketball officials are just more talented since they can make split-second decisions and you guys sit around and wait to call something.