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Originally posted by Jim D
As mentioned in the discussion above, we do not drop our bean bag at the sideline. The covering official, HL or LJ, will follow the runner to the sideline and stop there and hold the spot. The HL/LJ will continue to face the runner and cover the play. Since 99% of the out of bounds plays end up within a yard or two of the sideline, we get both an accurate spot and good coverage. The BJ will go to the ball to help cover the runner and to retreive the ball while the wing observes action from the sideline to the runner. The U covers the action inbounds.
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REPLY: We do the same thing as Jim describes here. It's perfectly feasible inside either 25 since the covering wing can easily watch what happens OOB. But if a runner is run out of bounds into either team box, and disappears into a bunch of team members, we do have the closest official (might be the wing) head into "no-man's land" to ensure the safety of all participants. If it's the wing, he drops the bag. Other officials (R and/or B) rushing to the spot key on the bag to ensure it doesn't get misplaced. If the R or B are nearby at the time and can get into the sideline mix, they let the wing know, "I got it" so that the wing can remain at the dead ball spot.