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I had a bitter experience with this rule several years ago. I was a newer official then and was working with someone who had reffed for over 25+ years. A1 loses the ball, goes OOB, but recovers and establishes himself inbounds again. I'm Lead and this play happens right in front of me. I obviously let it play on, but from Trail, my partner blows his whistle and shouts, "Can't be the first one to touch the ball after going out of bounds!"
I conference with him on that, but he's holding his ground. Who am I at that point to argue? Unfortunately, I knew his game was on the decline, but he was still on the exec of my association, so I wasn't going to get worked up over this one call.
Just goes to show you that even veteran officials believe that this myth is correct.
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