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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4206007, member: 1131"] I don't know the basis for your statement that "... general play or common fouls are getting to be reviewed much too often". The present limitations on what is reviewable mostly preclude this. Common foul calls are generally not reviewable. The only exception is when there is some reason to think that they are [B][I]not [/I][/B]common fouls, but are intentional or flagrant fouls. If there is contact above the shoulders, that is a basis to review whether the foul may be flagrant. But a referee cannot review whether a charge should have been a block, or vice versa (for example). The famous non-call at the end of last year's UConn-Baylor game was not reviewable and (IMHO) should not have been reviewable, even though it was probably wrong and may have decided the game. But even in the case where there is a review because of a possible flagrant foul, the referees cannot decide that a foul was called incorrectly, and should be "cancelled" or assigned to a different player or to the other team. Officials may, but rarely do, determine that a flagrant foul occurred that was not called in real time -- this is reviewed at the next dead ball. A made basket may be reviewed to determine whether it was a 2-point or a 3-point basket, or whether it was out of the shooter's hand before the shot clock or the game clock expired. Or a called foul may be reviewed to determine whether it occurred before or after the clock expired. These reviews are straightforward and generally do not consume much time. Three second calls and out-of-bounds possession calls are generally not reviewable (although possession after an out-of-bounds play may be reviewed in the last 2 minutes of each half). All in all, this is a pretty limited list of reviewable situations in most games. [/QUOTE]

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