Wow... I put alot of work into my "last" message. It wouldn't do any good to say,"WHAT?" but what the heck.. "WHAT??"
To summarize:
It is an EXPRESSION OF OPINION that a call cannot be changed. It can. Sect 9 comments to umpires makes this CLEAR, although it does conflict with "judgment calls are final". But this is simply another example of contradiction in the rulebook of which there are several.
I would also theorize that the "judgment final" section is intented for the coaches, meaning you can't protest, and once a umpire has MADE his final decision, that THAT IS IT.
Thus, RF, (look I'm smiling) is incorrect, technically.
You MAY espouse that a call should NOT be changed, eat the call, live with it, etc etc. You may be correct.
However, it is perfectly LEGAL for calling umpire to CHANGE his call, for whatever reason. Ex: getting info from his partner. This is not overruling, this is simply a change, and it is not protestable.. therefore it is legal.
PS: I wanted to be sure I was on record as saying that WW in his first response to the BIG THREAD posted one of the best thought out and most logical eat the call posts. However, his last response was another story altogether.
This one will make the cut, won't it?
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