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Originally Posted by just another ref
And this is why the part is in front of the book about intent and purpose of the rules and a team not being given an advantage which is not intended by a rule. I don't believe it was intended to give the ball back to the wrong team because of an official's mistake. Sometimes it can't be helped. In this case it can.
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Good point, playing the old "intent and purpose" card.
But this is the part that concerned me, and maybe I was reading it wrong:
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Originally Posted by just another ref
I'm gonna let the incorrectly called violation stand rather than change it to an accidental whistle ...
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I'm not unilaterally going to change the original violation call. I am going to get together with my partner, and the coaches, use 2-3, and the "intent and purpose of the rules", to come up with a correct decision, in line with
all the rules in the rulebook, including the one that just another ref pointed out. I'm not going to make a second mistake, any followup to the first mistake will be by the book, the entire book, and nothing but the book, so help me God.