Questioning Partner's Call

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

I did read the original post. You came to your partner about a call they knew they got right. You came to them questioning if they knew the rule without any information to help them change the call or show they got it wrong. And now you are trying to justify your actions by saying, "It was a rules....blah....blah....blah....."

And if I spent my time always worrying about if a partner kicked a rule on their calls, I would have to question them several times a game and I am not doing that at all. I certainly would have to do it with traveling, double dribble and closely guarded several times a game, even when a call was not actually made if I use your logic.

Peace

I asked this in my high school unit and what it came down to is that since most varsity games are taped or possibly televised, that the partners (who know when it is prudent to confer with their partner) to give the calling official a second opportunity to consider what happened in the play. If he still comes back to the same conclusion, as a crew you go with it. But now the other official(s) are in the clear if it was a kicked rule after all as it would be evidenced by the tape that could be watched after the game is over.

As far your worries, then I don't know what to tell you. Conferring with your partner is still a judgment call as I believe it is up to the officials to understand when it is prudent to approach your partner on a possibly botched call. And in this thread there is evidence of such a play shown on video. Though if you don't think it is ever prudent, then that's on you. But to tell me that I'm wrong merely based on the latter is foolish.