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Rip2137
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JoshB914 wrote:I thought Game 3 was poorly officiated on both sides (Violet Palmer). Other than that it has been okay. There has been some home cooking both ways, but that is just part of the game.
Its impossible for a game to be officiated badly both ways.
Inconsistancy is the mark of bad officiating. If they are calling touch fouls, they are calling touch fouls. Its only bad officiating if they are only calling it on one team. No calls are fine as long as they aren't calling it on either end. I don't think you can point to any game in this series and say the officiating was inconsistant in the least.
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Rip2137 wrote:Its impossible for a game to be officiated badly both ways.
Inconsistancy is the mark of bad officiating. If they are calling touch fouls, they are calling touch fouls. Its only bad officiating if they are only calling it on one team. No calls are fine as long as they aren't calling it on either end. I don't think you can point to any game in this series and say the officiating was inconsistant in the least.
No offense, but - if I'm hearing you right - I don't believe you're thinking this through. It is possible (and it happens all the time) for a ref to officiate a game badly against both teams.
An official can sometimes call touch fouls on both teams and then sometimes not. He can allow handchecks sometimes and then call fouls on them out of the blue. He can let both teams bump and grind for awhile and start calling fouls on the same acts later.
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