[LDUB]

Originally posted by LDUB
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..

Originally posted by JRutledge
Well the "Head Officials" is the Referee in football. The Referee is the person that tells everyone what the rulings are on the field. But that does not mean they make the decision. I am the Referee on my crew and all I do is report what my partner's do. I do not tell them to pick up their flags or change their calls. We all might discuss a play and a situation, but I surely have no authority to tell a partner to not call something or what they called was wrong. All I do is make sure we apply the rule properly after all is said and done. But we have a common saying in football. "If you do not know how to apply it, do not call it." It is not my job to fix partner's mistakes. I just have to understand what they called and when it happens. So I can explain the enforcement to captains and coaches if need be.

That is exactly my point. It is the head official who announces things to everyone. I'm not saying that you are telling them to change their calls. But in the NFL it is different. It is the Referee who goes to the replay booth and reviews the play. He is the one who makes the call on if the play should be overturned.

Originally posted by LDUB
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..

Originally posted by JRutledge

Well if you listen to me, the Referee has not real special authority. All the Referee does is run the pregame meeting and throw up the jump ball and hand the ball off between halves or quarters if you are working a HS game. The Referee cannot change foul calls or tell partner's what they called is wrong. I have NEVER seen a foul called changed. If you blew that whistle, you live with it. I have NEVER SEEN a travel call changed. If you call it, you live with it. No matter how erroneous the call is. I might help an officials know if a basket went in during a foul, but the calling officials has to decide if the basket counted. They know what they call, not the just the Referee.

I am not saying that the Referee is changing calls. All I said is that he is making a signal. I don't understand how WCB has any arguement at all unless he was able to hear what was said in the coversation between the two officials. Just because one of them made the signal does not mean he ran up saying you are wrong, and pointed the other way.