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As the R, I ask my wing officials to NOT give any signal. They are to come in part way and tell me a color. No pointing, no other gestures.
My reason is that I do not want to set up controversy should one wing have one team jumping first and the other wing is signaling something different.
Some officials try to get "cute" by throwing the flag one way or the other, to show the penalty on the offense or defense. That's lazy to me. What if one wing had it on the defense and thought all was OK, only to see the distance get walked off the other way? Now he has a problem of having to come in an try to "overrule".
Good old fashioned talking works every time. If L and LJ tell me different colors, I have them continue into the middle of the field to discuss.
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