BCAPL 8 Ball
During our league play I was asked to referee a shot - by the shooter.
There was a cluster of balls against the rail and he had to kick at his ball for a legal hit.
He said “can you watch the hit on the 10 ball”? His opponent said nothing. Well that ten ball sure looked like it was frozen but nobody asked me to judge that. Shooter kicks hits the rail then the ten. Nothing “else” hits a rail.
Because nobody established whether it was frozen or not, or asked me to I ruled good hit (though I suspected it was a foul if the 10 had been established as frozen).
The non shooter is upset because I did not check if ball was frozen before the shot (without being asked).
Was I right not to check without being asked or should I have checked on my own?
I know this isn’t an instruction question but I figured I’d get the best response here.
During our league play I was asked to referee a shot - by the shooter.
There was a cluster of balls against the rail and he had to kick at his ball for a legal hit.
He said “can you watch the hit on the 10 ball”? His opponent said nothing. Well that ten ball sure looked like it was frozen but nobody asked me to judge that. Shooter kicks hits the rail then the ten. Nothing “else” hits a rail.
Because nobody established whether it was frozen or not, or asked me to I ruled good hit (though I suspected it was a foul if the 10 had been established as frozen).
The non shooter is upset because I did not check if ball was frozen before the shot (without being asked).
Was I right not to check without being asked or should I have checked on my own?
I know this isn’t an instruction question but I figured I’d get the best response here.