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In our association, the Umpire will make this call 4/5 times. He's up on the line anyway--so he makes calls such as if the QB went past the line, if a screen pass went across the line, etc. etc.
But on that instance when it's close, and he has to continue officiating, and the Referee has to continue officiating rather than looking... most crews I've talked to prefer the bean bag/late flag procedure. I personally think it's MUCH easier to explain to the offensive coach that you were making sure you got it right than to explain to the defensive coach that we're picking up a flag. They see the flag, they want that penalty...
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