The ref blew the whistle (I assume) because in his opinion the offensive player did not establish in bounds status because both feet had not touched the floor before the ball was touched.

 

If he was right in his assumption about the feet was the call correct?

Bad call, the play itself took the player out of bounds. He doesn't half to establish both feet in this case.

 

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I think it was the wrong call, and I am really curious what the technical foul was for. It is got to be tough for him to make that call with that ammount of time left in that game if he didn't feel he was 100% correct on the call. I think if there is any doubt he should have swallowed the whistle. And I think it is clear that there is no way he could have been 100% positive on that play.

I think it was the wrong call, and I am really curious what the technical foul was for. It is got to be tough for him to make that call with that ammount of time left in that game if he didn't feel he was 100% correct on the call. I think if there is any doubt he should have swallowed the whistle. And I think it is clear that there is no way he could have been 100% positive on that play.

 

Why could he not have been positive about what he saw? He was looking right at it.

IMO the official botched this one. I bet if you asked him he would have said that the player didn't have both feet touching inbounds ie he didn't establish himself.

 

That's rule myth 428 on page 727 of the Basketball Rules Myths manual.

 

He went out of bounds clearly. To "re-establish" (which isn't in the rules manual) all he has to be doing is have one foot touching inbounds and the other foot NOT touching OOB. He does not have to have the 2nd foot touch the floor before he touches the ball.

 

So when your buddy yells "he didn't re-establish with two feet" enlighten him.

 

As to the T the only way that kid earned a T in that situation is if he said one of the magic words. The bouncing of the ball was not worthy of a T regardless of how much time is left in the game.

Well, Clyde already answered.

 

I was fooled.

 

Poor officiating, even if the call was correct.

IMO the official botched this one. I bet if you asked him he would have said that the player didn't have both feet touching inbounds ie he didn't establish himself.

 

That's rule myth 428 on page 727 of the Basketball Rules Myths manual.

 

He went out of bounds clearly. To "re-establish" (which isn't in the rules manual) all he has to be doing is have one foot touching inbounds and the other foot NOT touching OOB. He does not have to have the 2nd foot touch the floor before he touches the ball.

 

So when your buddy yells "he didn't re-establish with two feet" enlighten him.

 

As to the T the only way that kid earned a T in that situation is if he said one of the magic words. The bouncing of the ball was not worthy of a T regardless of how much time is left in the game.

 

I should have guessed that you knew the answer when you asked the question... This is one of the great myths...

Bad call on top of another bad call. The one foot was in bounds there for the player was established. The ref made a call without being positive therefor making it already a bad call to begin with, making this a no call.

The T is what is the 2nd bad call. The player must have said a "bad" word or something to get a T. The T determined the outcome of the game instead of the players. Fouls are not called all the time at the ends of game because refs don't want to determine the outcome, this imo is also a no call or a warning.

I think one of the reasons people say that refs are "out of position" to make a call is because many refs use that excuse not to make a call. Myself being on the sideline, I have heard several high ranking refs say "that isn't my call". Most of the time its a "get you out of my ear free card" and blame the other guy.