foul call
Violation announced officially
A foul call is a referee's or official's ruling that a foul has occurred in a sport—a judgment that some action violated the rules: The foul call on the center was controversial.
Players, coaches, and fans frequently dispute foul calls, especially in basketball, where judgment calls on contact are subjective and consequential.
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
- violationBreaking of rules
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
flagrant · technical · personal · charge · blocking · traveling · hack · contact · stripe · bench · protest · review · instant replay · intentional · ejection · free throw · court · infraction
- boxing rulesreferee, knockdown, knockout, TKO, round
- officiatingreferee, umpire, official, ref, linesman
- whistlespea whistle, tin whistle, penny whistle, police whistle, referee whistle
- performance metricsmetrics, metric, KPIs, benchmark, benchmarks
- rulingsfinal judgment, summary judgment, ruling, final ruling, adjudication