When you've already set the tone

erhaps the hardest game to officiate is one in which you are calling outside your comfort zone. Usually that happens when the officiating crew have already passed on a lot of contact, and they are working hard to be consistent.

Then it happens. Both players go to the floor, and everyone is looking for a foul.

The scenario

A5 has the ball and is backing into B5. Even though A5 is initiating backward movement into B5, B5 is also pushing and initiating contact. So far, no one has the advantage.

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