penalty call
Official flags play
A penalty call is a referee's or official's decision that a rule violation has occurred, resulting in a penalty against the offending player or team.
The term appears most often in hockey, football, and basketball: That was a weak penalty call.
Fans and coaches frequently dispute penalty calls, especially in close games where officiating decisions affect outcomes.
- foulOffensive or illegal
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- infractionMinor rule breach
yellow card · red card · offside · violation · holding · interference · too many men · review · instant replay · under review · challenge · booth · replay · controversial · disputed · judgment · sideline · timeout
- judgment callsjudgment, verdict, ruling, determination, final say
- football officiatingreferee, yellow flag, false start, offside, offsides
- officiatingreferee, umpire, official, ref, linesman
- performance metricsmetrics, metric, KPIs, benchmark, benchmarks
- soccer commentaryplay-by-play, color commentary, match analysis, commentator, sideline reporter
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