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I understand your confusion. In your post you do not indicate if you are doing Jr. High, JV, or Varsity. I know some officials will tell you there should not be any difference in what you call....I would say that the first 2 are developmental in nature including the officals and what you call and do not call are different from Friday night. As a more experienced official I would never allow my flag to be picked up on a judgement call. However, when I was first starting out, I would throw a flag and after discussing the play with the WH I didn't fully understand the rule and I would pick up the flag (that's what I mean by developmental). I would also say that getting the call correct is what it's about..If you see it, throw it. You do have areas that are specific to your position but that doesn't mean you have blinders on. If I had my choice I would work with the second crew as much as possible. In your first example depending on the level play you might want pass given the game situation. Thing is, I don't understand why they wanted to pick up the flag...The clock was stopped....step off the 5 and start the clock. However, on the second play I would flag that everytime no matter what level of play or time on the clock. Hang in there...you will find a crew you are comfortable with.
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