Yes, I think that the refs have tended to avoid making

Yes, I think that the refs have tended to avoid making
by jt (2019-02-04 11:01:57)

In reply to: I actually agree with him there. posted by PeteatND

"controversial" calls in the last 5 minutes of the game so as not to become "the" story. The same thing happens in the NBA.

It's bothered me for years--if it is in the damn rulebook, it's there for a reason and it's there for the whole game, not just 90% of the game.

Maddening.

Replies:

Yup... the refs are risk averse. - bizdomer09 2019-02-04 21:21:23
It would not have been the refs who “determined the outcome - 1NDGal 2019-02-04 12:53:47
Agreed. - PeteatND 2019-02-04 12:37:25
- I have never understood the ‘fouls should be evenly - irishhawk49 2019-02-04 13:12:55