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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Jurassic...
1) I give you my word that I will let this go.
2) R.I.T. did what he always does and argued that you can't overule in any other sport. I gave a football and basketball example of plays that I had seen and you took offense.
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1) Great idea. Let it go. I'm going to after these comments.
2) There's the problems right there. It wasn't Rut that originated the "overrule" argument. It was me. I made a very simple little statement saying that the basketball rules do not allow an official to OVERRULE another official. I cited the pertinent NCAA and NFHS rules citations to back my statement up. You insisted, and still insist, that it happened in a game that you saw. Well, Windy, unfortunately you do not have the rules knowledge of those sports to interpret properly what you actually saw. What you saw was a basketball official making a call, and then another official coming in with new information on that call, followed by the CALLING official changing his OWN call. That procedure is used in both basketball and football, and there certainly ain't nuthin' the matter with it. That IS "getting the call right"! What it ISN"T is one official OVERRULING another official. If the calling official doesn't wanna change his original call, then he CAN'T be OVERRULED, and his original call WON'T be changed. The rules simply do NOT allow any official to OVERRULE another official. An example of the other problem I have with you is highlighted above also- ie- R.I.T aka Referee-in-Training. I'm sick of your name calling and demeaning comments to not only Jeff Rutledge, but anyone else who has the temerity to disagree with you. I expect more from a fellow official.
Now, let's both let this go. The guys on this forum have already told us how sick they are of seeing this crap going around in circles.