Idiot Announcers

"You don't make that call at that point in the" game, match, etc. Bullshit!! This lament is most often heard from the lips of some washed-up athlete (NOT ath-a-lete, but that's another rant).
If an action is a foul, penalty, ball/strike or other infraction two or three minutes into the game, match, etc. it is the same with two or three minutes or seconds or pitches left in the contest!! Officials, for the most part, are unconcerned with the outcome of the contest. You cannot blame an official for making a call. The player is the one who committed the transgression; not the official. If an act is NOT an infraction after a certain point in the contest, then that fact should be specified in the rules of the sport.
The seemingly offended announcers get their knickers all in a twist because they think that the official is affecting the outcome of the contest. In reality, if the official had NOT made the offending call, the participant would have gained an unfair advantage and unfairly affected the outcome. In most cases, when a call is made, half of the spectators agree and half disagree. The old "damned if you do" conundrum for the men in stripes.
Yes, I am a former official. Baseball. Soccer. Basketball. Football. Softball. Volleyball. Swimming. If you get the reputation of NOT making calls at certain points in the contests, participants will take advantage of you. I never lost any sleep over any call I made. I made the call based on the actions of the participant. Had they not performed a certain action, the call would not have been made. It is pure and basic cause and effect.
As Thelodius Frack Sensomire once said "I assure you that I am NOT the source of the moisture trickling down your lower extremity; It really IS raining!