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How reffing and rules should be changed

RSHERMVIKES said:
CTGirl15- - -The problem with adding reviews or cameras on refs is the reviews already in place take too much time away from game action now and some reviews take 5 to 6 minutes of time to review!
We do not need 20 to 25 more stoppage of plays thrown in an all ready muddled game time!
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That's exactly why it should be confined to the last two minutes. Additionally, there could be a score limitation. Twenty point lead with two minutes = no review.
 
I posted on this earlier somewhere else, but stopping the blatant two handed shoves and other extra actions would be a start. Call them for what they are - flagrant fouls. Get two in a game…mandatory one game suspension. That would end them quickly.
 
When Gabby Marshal was asked about the screening foul, she said it was happening the whole game. Well, if that's the case, why call it now if they let it go during the rest of the game? Foul or not, inconsistency is the problem and that's why people who actually watched the game are pissed off. BTW, Gabby is a nice girl who was just doing her job, haters just leave her alone.
 
What are the variables that affect how games are experienced? Broadcasters are in business to make money. NCAA is focused on money, too. And now, the NIL sponsors want the players they have contracts with to be as visible as possible... for the sake of money. Gambling consolidators are in it for, well... the money. For the players, for the majority of players in college basketball, they play and receive scholarships, but in this case it's piddling compared with the corporate interests regarding... money.
With so much money involved, refs should get paid A LOT! That would bring the very best to the surface. They should receive training like cops do in those simulated experiences where they have to make snap decisions and get graded on their choices.
When MLB decided to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta, I stopped watching MLB. The first weekend of March Madness is fun. Second, mostly. Final Four... might give that up.
 
CTrefugee said:
  • Refs should be encouraged to overrule another ref. This is rare because it stigmatizes the first caller. It should not. The game is too fast for perfect reffing.
  • During the last two minutes of any March madness game, refs should have the option of video review of any call and can reverse a foul call(leagues could optionally do this for their games). Can this be done now? - what is the current rule?
  • During March madness, coaches should have one call challenge per half. If the challenge fails, they lose a second half timeout. (this should be optional for league play)

any other suggestions
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I like the 3rd option, allowing coaches one call challenge per half. A few rules that need to be addressed, if it hasn't already, are when an offensive player leans/jumps into a defender trying to draw a defensive foul, the continuous motion rule, and the new one about "faking a foul". That one needs to be applied more. A few teams, especially in the tournament were faking some fouls or flopping and I don't recall any warnings being given. During the regular season there were some warnings given but, in the tournament, there was some flopping going on, but no warnings administered.
 
In football you have the line judge, back judge etc. Another thing that can be tried, is to have one official dedicated (but not limited) to "the problem". Contact and physicality. Off ball grabbing and holding etc. No doubt every proposed "solution" will have it's drawbacks, but that is true of the current system as well. It is also funny that such a rule would be a copy of football, given that the game has sometimes physically evolved into....football.
 
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The NCAA could start by enforcing the no jewelry rule evenly. Hannah Hidalgo had to spend almost ten minutes on the sideline having a stud removed mid game after one ref reportedly told her it wouldn’t be a problem. Then I noticed more than one South Carolina player was playing with studs and Chloe Kitts even had gold hoops dangling from her ears for the championship game. If they can’t be consistent on something so cut and dry, there is no hope for subjective spur of the moment calls. They are part of the fabric of the game albeit painful when they steal your hope at the end of a game.
 
Honeybadger said:
The NCAA could start by enforcing the no jewelry rule evenly. Hannah Hidalgo had to spend almost ten minutes on the sideline having a stud removed mid game after one ref reportedly told her it wouldn’t be a problem. Then I noticed more than one South Carolina player was playing with studs and Chloe Kitts even had gold hoops dangling from her ears for the championship game. If they can’t be consistent on something so cut and dry, there is no hope for subjective spur of the moment calls. They are part of the fabric of the game albeit painful when they steal your hope at the end of a game.
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If you saw the same things I did, they were during pre-game shoot-around, not the actual game. I didn't see any jewelry during the game, almost every player had jewelry during the pre-game.
 
KnightBridgeAZ said:
If you saw the same things I did, they were during pre-game shoot-around, not the actual game. I didn't see any jewelry during the game, almost every player had jewelry during the pre-game.
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I noticed Kitts hoop earrings when she came out at the end of the game and hugged her coach. That caused me to look for it in the postgame celebrations and there were a few players with nose studs as well. The studs don’t seem problematic and I know they are difficult to remove but hoop earrings seem like a safety risk. I was surprised it was allowed.
 
It sure would help to have a "So You Think You Can Ref" session or three. Give access to the training materials refs use.

Also, posted this a while back, but since the refs are independent contractors, they need to be paid for PD (beyond the prof. dev. they already pay for (ref camps) and do on their own time.) Inconsistency happens because of the Supervisors, not the refs. Different leagues have different "styles"? Look at the supervisors.
 
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One thing I would like to see more of is CONSISTENCY. How often is it that a game is called one way for the first half and then the complete opposite for the second half? It should not be like this. I'd honestly not mind them just calling less fouls overall, personally. Unless people are throwing elbows (for example), just allow some normal physicality. And can we stop with the light touch fouls?

Also they REALLY need to start cracking down on flopping.
 
maple said:
One thing I would like to see more of is CONSISTENCY. How often is it that a game is called one way for the first half and then the complete opposite for the second half? It should not be like this. I'd honestly not mind them just calling less fouls overall, personally. Unless people are throwing elbows (for example), just allow some normal physicality. And can we stop with the light touch fouls?

Also they REALLY need to start cracking down on flopping.
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How many times have we said, "the refs did a great job in the 1st half. They controlled the game & let the players play"?
Then they come out in the 2nd half & sabotage the game with nonstop whistles. So frustrating!
 
I noticed an interesting phenomenon. When I watch a game between 2 teams that I have no real interest in I hardly ever see a bad call. However, when I watch UConn vs. anyone I notice every bad call, bad no-call, even those extremely rare calls that benefit UConn. What's my point? When the NCAA reviews ref performance they must be seeing games like I do when I have no real interest.
 
The rules in women’s college basketball are actually pretty good.

The refs are bad. Step number one for the improving that is getting better refs.

Short of that, they need to adjust how they manage games from the jump. Too often, we see refs call nothing early and then start over officiating when the game gets too physical. I’d rather see them set a stricter precedent on what’s a foul early in games, and then they can slowly peel back the whistles as the game goes along.
 
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