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Originally Posted by just another ref
The team wound up with the ball which would have wound up with the ball anyway had the call not been made.
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Do you have a rule or case to back that up?
That's a rhetorical question, because obviously there isn't one. You've been shown the specific rules and case plays backing up giving back to the team last in control, not the team that "should've gotten it".
You want to make a call directly contradicting the rules because you think it's "more fair", and people may not complain as much. I get that, and I used to think that way a long time ago. Most of the time you might get away with it. But if you work this game long enough, there will be that one time that someone will discover you are making calls not based on a lack of rules knowledge, but rather by making up rules, and that will hurt your advancement possibilities.
I've learned it is always better to stick with the rules, no matter how much complaining happens as a result.