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Rut, thanks for sharing your experience of this play with us. I'm sure that all have taken something from it.
I wasn't there nor have I seen a tape, and thus I can't make a solid determination which calls were right or wrong. All that I can say is that it sounds as if whichever decision the crew finally went with (IW or held ball) following the conference was a better call than the original traveling violation due to what you clearly saw from your angle.
The only thing that I strongly disagree with is that you have stated that which way the arrow was pointing was a factor in what decision you made. I think that hurts the integrity of the call. For me this is similar to other factors that should remain outside the purview of any individual call that we attempt to get correct--such as who is winning, which team is the home team, which coach has a better career record, which team is higher ranked, etc. Just my opinion.
My point about who changed the call becomes relatively minor after a long discussion has taken place. By that time most people have probably forgotten who made the original call anyway. It is just a respect thing between partners as no one wants to have it look like another official is coming in and overruling them. Since you are certainly sensitive to this part of officiating, I'm sure that you handled it with class and that your partner was fine with what you did.
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