Quote:I don't believe that major a change in how games are called was individually decided by each of the 3 refs every time they didn't blow their whistle.
It happens a lot though, right? Basketball refs try very hard to be consistent within a game and once a (bad) standard has been set it tends to take hold in the name of consistency. I’ve seen this over and over in the Pac-12 and elsewhere.
In 1938 Neville Chamberlain declared "Peace in our time", Superman first appeared in Action Comics, Seabiscuit beat War Admiral ....... and C.a.l last won the Rose Bowl.