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Old Mon Jul 05, 2004, 10:49pm
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I don't know if this is true, but it is something that I have noticed.

In the Cubs game a few days back, there was a homerun call that was changed. The person who gave the signal that the call was being changed was the PU. He is the UIC of the game and he runs the game. The "head official" of the game is the one who announced that the call was changed.

In the NFL, instant replay is used to change calls. It is the referee who announces weather the call will be upheld or not. Once again, it is the "head official" who announces the change.

In the NCAA game that WCB described, he said that the non-calling official was the one who signaled that the call was being changed. Well mabye the official who made the original call was the umpire, and the one who signaled the change was the Referee. Once again, the "head official" signaled the change.

I don't know all of this is a just a coincidence, but if it is not, then it might settle the argument about WCB's NCAA situtaion.