Sounds like a problem for the sport , not just in the B1G........The stats about # of fouls called per game is down shows up in the visual aspects of watching games now .............When I played HS basketball it was considered a non contact sport ......NON CONTACT.........no bumping down low by a big to get closer to the rim or the defender doing a kidney blow with a forearm shiver ..............
Contact on drives to the paint is now 50/50 on being called then a touch foul is called to make me scratch my head in amazement and say "" what is a foul now ? ""........................................The rugby metaphor by Coach Few is very applicable to the game we see today......
Is there an answer to the ref dilemma ?......................doubtful , other than new blood evaluating the refs and having the balls to reprimand refs for inept work ...More replays , reviews and fouls called after the fact ??......................nope...........................too many reviews now , and how do you reverse play after a foul was or was not called and ........................................
The only answer in my mind is to bring in as many new refs and discard the terrible ones over an evaluation period of time........There has to become a time when a ref is considered a detriment to the sport and retired or fired.......
It can't any worse , can it ?...............or can it ????
JMHO
edit : How bout doing something about the palming or carrying the ball by 99 % of the players dribbling the ball.......Some of these guys are pausing for almost a second when they have the ball dribbling and want to change direction........
And how bout the charge vs. block calls ???
And how bout the coaches being on the court hollering out plays ??
And how bout the lack of 3 second calls anymore.....??
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