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Originally Posted by LMSANS
This is my first year officiating football.
I was the HL in a Pop Warner Jr Pee Wee game (Fed rules) last night. 3-man mechanics This is what happened:
A 1-10 @ A30. A10 runs towards my side, he is tripped up at A30 and lands on A32. I mark the spot and the U is waiting at the hash for the ball, when we look and B33 has the ball at A28. Neither of us saw how or when the ball changed hands. R came over from the other wing and wanted to give the ball to B. U and I said since we didn't see the ball come lose, it stays A ball. We "won" the argument, but after the game R insisted we should have given the ball to B.
The official running the clock in the press box later told us, he saw B take the ball after A was down, so we made the right call.
Any opinions?
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The only way, imho, to award possession to the other team, is if you see the turnover 100%. I doubt the R did, so I believe that he was out of line. Way to stick to your guns!