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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
Really??? Well, I've personally heard one of the Big Ten officials you list as someone you consider a very good official say it in camps he runs and in the preseason clinics he holds for the officials who work for him. I've heard plenty of officials, including D1 officials I have personally worked with, talk about putting the ball in play at the correct throw-in spot. I have never heard any official say to put the ball in play at an arbitrary spot somewhere near where the ball went OOB.
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I live in Big Ten country. I have also attended a clinic that holds the namesake of a pretty famous Big Ten/Big 12 and Big East official and I have never heard him address this. If you watch Big Monday he is usually working one of the games and he even hired me in his HS conference when he was still assigning it.
Now I say this because I am sure I did the exact same thing in those camps as I do during the season. It does not mean that he never has addressed it with other people, but if he had a problem with where I put the ball or how I put the ball in place, he would be the first to tell me. Now I must be putting the ball in the "approximate spot" to his liking. I think we are splitting hairs here and we are debating over what "is, is" rather than really trying to understand different points of view. And considering that the things that are said to me are little and minor in nature, I would think this would be something he would bring up and openly call me out on. Also he is not the only D1 official working at the camp. So there is more than one person’s opinion at play here.
Peace