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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
You were doing fine until the red high-lighted statement. There is still no guarantee under Wimmens rules that you ARE going to get the call CORRECT. All you are doing is agreeing on the call, correct or not. It's a problem under ALL rulesets with double whistles. The only person that really knows whether the call is correct or not is maybe someone who is evaluating the game. And even then, that conclusion is subjective.
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Oh, I absolutely agree. I wasn't trying to point out that the NCAA-W is the only way of getting the call correct, I was simply pointing out that the procedure is consistent with any other double-whistle procedure. Of course, the main intent is to get the call right when two officials disagree, or have conflicting calls. In the case of getting together and coming out with one call, of course it doesn't guarantee the call will be correct, but the odds are certainly improved. In the case of the NFHS "blarge" call, you will always charge one foul incorrectly, so there's a 100% incorrect rate.
I understand it appeases coaches and players to some extent, but where I disagree with the ruling is you're charging one player and team with a foul that didn't commit a foul, simply because the officials didn't do their job correctly. If offiicals follow the correct mechaincs, this should never happen. But when it does, their hands are tied when it comes to how it can be fixed - one team definitely gets screwed, rather than the chance of getting the call right.