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Originally posted by WinterWillie
I whistled a kicking violation (intentionally struck the ball with his foot-does that violation exist?), my partner was straight lined (2-man), then I heard another whistle, my partner raced over picked the ball up and said there was no kick and in the blink of a eye administered a TI to the team whose player had kicked the ball.
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Just be sure the commissioner knows what's going on. Depending on your own status in the association, you might try to talk to the guy at half-time. I remember one time when I was working with a very good, very experienced official (not in the PBOA, I should add), and let's just say nicely I wasn't up to his stature. I made a call based on a tip which I thought I saw, but apparently no one else in the gym did. The players argued just a little, but just at they were shrugging, my partner comes in with a whistle and overrides me. I had already realized that is was probably a bad call, and was in the process of selling it and actually getting away with it, when he just completely plows me over. I fumed until half-time, and finally got the nerve to say to him, "That call may have been wrong, but you should not have overruled me like that. Although I don't have as much experience as you, I'm a pretty good ref, but you completely deflated me in the eyes of the spectators, and that's not okay." That's all I said, and he didn't even respond. But after the game, he said, "Hey you did a good job today, and I'm glad I got to work with you." With the right person, you might be able to do this.