Making a call in your partners area.

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Originally Posted by Raida357

After the game, the evaluator said that an official should never make a call outside their area of responsibility. Do the veteran officials agree? I understand the importance of watching the play in your area and not tracking the ball, but there are some situations where you see something obvious outside your area. Don't we have an obligation to call a foul/violation if we see it? Just wondering what others think.

"Boundaries" for primary areas, as defined by lines on a sheet of paper, are guidelines. There are times when you do not get the right angle from yuor primary. If you have the best angle on a play, and it has to be called, you make the call, period. That is what is best for the game; our egos are not.

If the primary has the best angle, let him live with it unless it is an "Oh my God" foul, where the crew credibility would be at stake.