Intentional or excessive intentional

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Since my comment which you quoted was not about getting together and discussing the call, but made in the context one official going ahead and making the harsher decision right away, I've altered your post to pose the pertinent question.

Remember in my case, the calling official actually was consulted by a partner and he chose to stick with his original decision. As it turned out the only way that an X was getting called on this particular play was for another official to have gone ahead and made the call right under this guy's nose. That's not something that I'm comfortable with doing.

I agree, making another call over your partner's is not the right way to handle it. Also, is it possible the L didn't give the T's info much credibility, considering it was being given from a long way away, and you, being closer, were not coming in at all? That might've been part of his thought process. Perhaps if you had come in as well, asking if he had seen the contact on the face, and did he want to consider it an intentional, then perhaps that would've given the T's info a little more credence. Sure, there's always the chance the L would've stuck with the original call, and that's fine. But at least you would've given your info, rather than holding it back.