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Originally Posted by garwood8499
I consider this the middle ground between "don't signal a TD, ever" and "we're a team". I'm the wing and I didn't see it because there we 5 bodies between me and the ball. My ump did see it and he's gonna help me out b/c WE'RE A TEAM!!!!!!
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The issue has nothing to do with being a team. You do not have the angle as an umpire to make that call. If you call a TD and the runner got off his knee and dove into the EZ, then that looks very stupid when you are wrong. I guess if the Referee thinks there is PI, they should call it as well because WE'RE A TEAM!! This is why the Umpire should not give the signal. If the wing does not see the runner cross, you communicate this with a signal to your partner or verbally, but you do not signal TD. I guess the Referee can signal TD as well?
Peace