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In Pa. we are working 6 man varsity football (in our area). Without a deep official in the center of the field, the umpire can give a great deal of help to the wing officials on low passes over the middle. There are many times he is in the best position to rule wether or not the ball was cleanly caught or wether it bounced into the receiver. However on the issue of pass intereference calls, I disagree that the umpire may or should call it. In my humble opinion the umpire does not call pass interference (at least in a 5, 6 or 7 man crew). He is only spinning on the play after the ball crosses the neutral zone, and could not possibly have seen the whole play.
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