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Originally Posted by Brandon Kincer
KWH,
I respectfully disagree with you. A simple conference between the officials INCLUDING the WH would correct this error. I do not believe that in any circumstance should the WH simply over rule a call one of his fellow officials makes. If an official comes to the WH and says I have a illegal helmet contact foul and that particular official says that there was sufficent risk of the offended player being hurt, Just because the WH didn't see it himself doesn't mean that the player should be able to continue to participate. Again I say this with complete respect towards you but if a WH could call the game by himself then there wouldn't be any need for the other officials.
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Welcome to the real world. Hypothetically speaking, everyone will agree with you by saying that a Referee should not overrule another official's call.
In the real world no referee will knowingly agree to enforce a penalty that he knows is incorrect.
Using the example cited above - Any R who enforces an ineligible down field penalty on a punt will not be working as an R for much longer.