[SWFLguy]

36 years--i can't remember who
showed me the two indicator thing-
but i always use them---same as descirbed
above---
you'd be surprised how many times in a game
with a lot of incomplete passes that I need
that indicator for ball position--
sometimes I have to help realy the ball to the
R and call to him--"ball on the hash mark--or middle
of the field" etc.
That officials can miss what down it is is always
perplexing-- you have 4 or 5 officials and I think
what happens is action happens that
the R and maybe the U forget to
"add a down"--- they call for the wrong down and
the other officials thinking they made a mistake, go
along with it ! It's more likely to happen when the R
and U are the vets and the other younger guys are
afraid to speak up !!
Please---feel free to speak up if you think the R and U
have it wrong !!