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Too much TV - I am not saying ref talk is a substitute for blowing the whistle or issuing a tech. If something is blatant enough to warrant a tech, by all means call it. But there is so much yapping and body shots inside that a ref could call a foul everytime down on contact. I personally don't want to see a game with 40+ fouls and most of the starters on the bench at the end. The number 1 job of a ref is to impartially control a game. If telling the players to settle down without penalizing either team has that effect, I'm all for it.
