Well, Ram'83 has a good point above about consistency and these types of calls. You could probably call travels and double dribbles/carries all the time but people do not pay to watch the referee. I would not assume favortism here and if anything, the referee did his job, although arguably inconsitently as they could always call more violations. If anything, he was probably looking for a call to call on the defense given the situation but the defense didn't really commit a foul there and an ugly awkward offensive play occurred and he called a travel. -- Fordham Rams Basketball Message Board

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Date Posted: Mon March 28, 2005 10:57:45
Author: Dan-O'Girth93
Subject: Well, Ram'83 has a good point above about consistency and these types of calls. You could probably call travels and double dribbles/carries all the time but people do not pay to watch the referee. I would not assume favortism here and if anything, the referee did his job, although arguably inconsitently as they could always call more violations. If anything, he was probably looking for a call to call on the defense given the situation but the defense didn't really commit a foul there and an ugly awkward offensive play occurred and he called a travel.
In reply to: Jimbo65 's message, "I do not know the technicalities of travelling etc. but from a layman's perspective the call was a bad one. Had the roles been reversed, I would have accepted it as referee error, however, for me it is another example of favoritism shown, perhaps subconsciouly, to the perennial favorites. By the way, I have UNC in the bracket so the call worked to my advantage." on Mon March 28, 2005 10:49:36

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I agree, Dan, I don't think there was any favoritism at work here, and your "quick-whistle" theory is a viable one. I, for one, would love to see travelling called more often. Footwork is a dying art. You mentioned McHale, but I have an example of a footwork specialist much closer to home - our own Michael Cooper, whose spin moves used to draw howls of travelling from opposing fans. (NT) -- Ram'83, Mon March 28, 2005 11:24:27

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