NOStheBOSS
Double Eagle Member
Rules in every sport are designed to provide a fair playing field for all players. With every rule, there is an element of advantage/disadvantage. This is huge in Basketball. I always hear some yahoo in the stands while, as a ball handler is dribbling up the court unguarded, yells "that's a carry!" Is his palm going under the ball and creating extended contact with it? maybe. Is he gaining an advantage by doing so? No. Fans don't know what they want; when their own player is getting contacted they scream bloody murder, when the ball is on the other end, of course they want to "let 'em play." That's a whole other topic
The same applies to disc golf. I see players "foot fault" on long fairway drives all. the. time. Did they gain an advantage by doing so? I don't think so. And usually when a player foot faults on a putt, they miss. So you would actually be helping them out by calling it. Also a lot of the time, a player might hit a huge or difficult putt but also foot fault. However, that person isn't playing well and really isn't in contention. The sport is about fun, and on some days a player might only have one "fun" throw and I'm not going to be the one to penalize them. I.e. a basketball team is losing by 40 points and a player gets away with a small travel in order to score a bucket.
Conclusion (TLDR): If you are playing for something and the score is close AND a player gets an advantage by breaking the rules, it should be called. otherwise, rules should not be used just for the sake of being absolutely correct and ruining the fun of the sport.
I'm sure I will get an "integrity of the sport" reply to this but this is just how I am inclined to believe the sport should be played.
The same applies to disc golf. I see players "foot fault" on long fairway drives all. the. time. Did they gain an advantage by doing so? I don't think so. And usually when a player foot faults on a putt, they miss. So you would actually be helping them out by calling it. Also a lot of the time, a player might hit a huge or difficult putt but also foot fault. However, that person isn't playing well and really isn't in contention. The sport is about fun, and on some days a player might only have one "fun" throw and I'm not going to be the one to penalize them. I.e. a basketball team is losing by 40 points and a player gets away with a small travel in order to score a bucket.
Conclusion (TLDR): If you are playing for something and the score is close AND a player gets an advantage by breaking the rules, it should be called. otherwise, rules should not be used just for the sake of being absolutely correct and ruining the fun of the sport.
I'm sure I will get an "integrity of the sport" reply to this but this is just how I am inclined to believe the sport should be played.
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