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Originally posted by Patsfan2431
I cant disagree more. Our job is to "get it right".
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I have heard this all the time. Where does it say that? Can you give me a mechanics book, a rulebook or any publication that the rules committee signs off on that agrees with that statement?
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Originally posted by Patsfan2431
When a call like this occurs during a game my crew works, we play a game called "what did you see". The officials involved in the foul/non-foul/enforcement come together with the referee and we explain what we saw. In every situation, another official may have had a better angle or may have noticed something before the foul that would help with the enforcement. I have experienced instances on the high school and NCAA level where communication can really help during a call like this.
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You are missing the point. No one has said communication is not good. But if I see one thing and you see something else, someone has to back down. If I made a call and you did not, it is my choice to take your advice. Maybe I am a more experience and I do not believe the younger official? There could be all kind of reasons I or any official that makes a call stand by their call. What you tell me is not going to automatically change that.
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Originally posted by Patsfan2431
In addition, if the calling offical "feels" he has the play right, and another official who also saw the play has a different "feeling", then a conference is a must. Its possible that one official didnt see the whole play. So to your comment that coming together will not solve anything, your right, it wont. Because the correct call may not have been called.
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My comment about coming together is not going to solve anything, is that the calling officials can easily dismiss the opinion of the non-calling official. We are not talking about a tipped pass and there is a DPI called despite the tipped pass (as took place in the Bears-Vikings game yesterday). We are talking about strictly judgment. You cannot change a call based strictly on judgment. The rules do not allow it and as a WH I would not allow it.
You cannot just change a call because you think it was wrong. You have to have more information than, “no it wasn't."
Peace