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Originally posted by GarthB
If I went up, unsolicted, to any umpire in the group that handles D-1, D-iii and JUCO in this area and told him I saw his play better than he did, that would be my last college game.
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Garth, I think you may be missing the valuable part of the current NCAA guidance:
"...if an umpire is
100% sure he has additional information
unknown to the umpire making the call ...."
The "2d opinion" is not "additional unknown information...":
the ball is on the ground..." - is.
I cannot be "100% sure" I saw the banger any better than my partner did, so I keep my mouth shut unless asked: ditto the swipe tag or the pulled foot just as the ball arrives. I CAN be 100% sure the ball is rolling around in the dirt, or [it's happened...] the kid received the ball 5 feet off the bag. The point is, if the calling umpire is the only guy on the planet who DOESN'T know he kicked the call, MAYBE you should look for a way to communicate that information to him.