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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 3377540, member: 26"] You make a good point - I'd have to put the plays side by side to compare - one time called a foul, one time not. I don't disagree that some refs are far more "free" with the whistle blowing, and tend to agree that the "drawing a charge" play is called way more often than it should be (I know you were referring to over the back rebounds but...) Just my $.02, but if the defender is moving even a little bit, it should not be called a charge. Many of the rules that were implemented over the past several years were to increase the offensive production in helping clear out the lane for more scoring opportunities. Teams who consistently try to draw charges are just bad for the flow of the game, and more often than not, are either still moving on defense, or fake fall (which the refs often mistake for a real foul). I think Williams has suffered from 2nd guessing herself for all the charging fouls she's been called for (some of which, by the way, are justified IMHO, but others not so much). At any rate, you don't want a game to deteriorate into a physical "bloodbath", but I totally agree on the over the back, and the phantom fouls / still moving defender (or ones called when all the offending player does is "breathe" on the other player) are not good for the game either... [/QUOTE]