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Old Fri Jul 02, 2004, 05:03pm
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

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You may dismiss this as "semantics" but it is very important. Had Reliford refused to seek help or was convinced that he got it right, the other umpires can't just jump in and change a call.

[/B][/QUOTE]They can't do that in basketball either. The calling official is the only official that can change a call. Basketball has very specific rules against any official overruling another official.