If I get hit in the head by a ball during a dead ball I had better hear my partners whistle BEFORE the ball hits me. 'Cause he had better have seen the play developing and whacked the player.
If he doesn't whack 'em, I'm probably too dazed or dumbfounded to do it. Either that or I'm looking at my partner for two reasons: 1) why didn't you whack the fool, or 2) point to the offender so I can whack 'em.
In my book there's zero room for a ref being hit by anything.
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