Evaluators, assignors, superiors....

[JRutledge]

This is where the term "call the obvious" comes into play. When you "call the obvious" you can almost never go wrong. If you call a play that rarely happens and is not specific to the NF interpretations, you can and will get yourself in trouble. Not only do officials have to call what is a solid interpretation, but we have to call what is understandable and acceptable as well. If we make the unusual call on usual plays, well we might not be around much longer. There are many plays that are in the casebook that never happen the way the casebook draws it up. So we have to act accordingly.

I think you are looking for people to say that someone said to ignore something in the rulebook. The reality is I cannot think of a situation where that is true. But I can remember someone saying that "make it be there." Which means if you are going to call something, let everyone see the same thing before calling Ts and intentional fouls and the more it affected the play the better. And in certain rules, I have been told about +'s and -'s of making certain calls.

Peace