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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
An official who does these unnecessary and showy things gives the impression that he wants to make sure that everyone sees him. He wants to be the center of attention. It's indicative of having a big ego.
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Or, the person is following the standard in his / her area and to do otherwise would be drawing attention to himself.
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Also most people who engage in this are football officials who can't mentally separate the different sports.
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Support, please.
IOW:
1) It's not covered in the FED mechanics book
2) Reasonable people can disagree on what "should" be done.
3) Different areas have different "reasonable people" in charge
4) So, different areas do it differently.
5) You're entitled to your opinion.
6) As for the rest of it, KITFO.