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Offhand I'd say by stopping a fight before it gets out of hand

 

There was nothing flagrant about that foul and as a matter of fact what the nba refers to as flagrant is pretty abhorrent. My point still stands. Can you go into Minority Report mode and prevent Beverly from committing that foul? Lillard got his whistle didn't he? The only thing the referee can do is assess what's already happened correctly. Whether or not you call it a flagrant or a common you still cannot prevent it from happening.

 

I've done this many times. I was refereeing a Jesuit varsity boys vs Cleveland varsity boys and stopped two fights before they happened. Sure you can prevent a fight. A good Ref better do that. Preventing a foul though, that's not possible.

 

But in a way if you T up a guy for a rough foul, you sort of make him think about hurting anyone if he wants to stay in the game

 

A rough foul is not a T. Only unsporting fouls are.

Let's say it was unsporting though. Did we prevent the foul?

 

In the scope of the unknown..you may have diffused a situation that could escalate so there's no way to know for sure but it seems to me it has to have an effect on the player moving forward

 

That may be true. However, we did not prevent the unsporting foul from happening. We only assessed the damage after it occurred.

 

What time is this supposed to start

 

You've never warned two players to cool it before?

 

Now! Go to the other thread.

 

Preventing a fight is a completely different thing than preventing a foul or preventing an injury. Stay on topic guys.

 

Lol okay man. You're right.

 

now you've lost me....a technical foul often resorts from a rough foul...clotheslining somebody...etc...I guess rough to me is unsporting..I think you misunderstood my use of "rough"

 

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