[cowbyfan1]

Windy it is obvious to me that you are misapplying the term or meaning of overturning your fellow official. Even in baseball you should never overturn your partner. If you call and out on a play at first and I, as PU and UIC were to just come running up and say no your wrong, he is safe, you would be pissed. The is overruling. Now if the coach asks for you to check with me to see if the 1b pulled his foot, you would thhen ask me, I would say yes he did (if he did) and then you would change your call IF YOU WANTED TO. Nothing says you have to change your call, tho in that situation most officials would.

I also worked as a White hat in a varisty game last year. The head coach of team A kept yelling his receivers were being bumped more than 5 yards down field. Next play my LJ throws a flag. I asked him what he had and he told me the defender bumped the receiver more than 5 yards down field. I preceeded to tell him that is an NFL rule, not High school. I then asked him if the defender held the reciever. He said no. I asked him if when the bump happened was the pas in the air. He said no. I then asked him if the bump kept the reciever from getting downfield at all. He said no. I then asked him then you think I should wave off the flag and he said yes. Again I did not overrule him tho I knew he was wrong. I helped him see the error of his way and he changed the call. (yes I know some people would say that a flag was in order for illegal use of hands, but I was looking for advantage/disadvantage and the wing felt there was none so no flag).

So I think what you and Rut have is just a different definition of overrule. I call baseball, football and basketball and I would, nor have I ever "overruled" a fellow official. Also keep in mind, on a basketball court and football field, the chance of 2 officials seeing different things on the same play is alot more likely to happen than in baseball.