NBA Ref Explains Why Offensive Fouls Are Called Less Than You Think

Chip Clark breaks down something I think is genuinely underappreciated in the officiating debate: the NBA's legal guarding position standard is just harder to meet than college's.⁣
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In college, if you've established position and you're moving laterally or obliquely when contact happens, it can still be an offensive foul. In the NBA, if you're not square and directly in the driver's path, it's going to get called a block almost every time.⁣
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So a lot of what fans are screaming about as "missed calls" are actually correct calls under the NBA rulebook. They're just used to watching college ball where the standard is different.⁣
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We also get into push-offs and arm bars, and Chip agrees there's maybe 10% of those blocking calls that could go the other way with a rule tweak. I think that's right. And the push-off side of it, the arm bars and forearm extensions, that's where I think a few more offensive fouls could and should be called. #shorts