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Old 01-21-2026, 02:50 AM   #26
Jay Random
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Originally Posted by Itse View Post
Yeah that is definitely up there among the most ridiculous calls I can remember.

Just an absolutely routinely situation, not particularly fast or in any way surprising movements by anyone, players are relatively far apart etc. It's not even that rare that a defensive player in that situation trips up on their own.

With multiple refs this is just completely inexcusable.
I find that multiple refs increase the number of bogus calls like this. The ref furthest away from the play will call a penalty based on something he couldn't see properly, and the other ref, who did see that there was no infraction, either has no power to overrule him, or doesn't want to make his partner look bad.
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