DSU/NCCU Video Request (ESPNU) (Video)

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

Granted our culture isn't going to change overnight, and in football, where the NFL officials to players ratio is 9:22

Where do they keep the other 2 officials?

Back to the OP, I have a foul. Not only is there contact on the leg, there appears to be contact on the hip.

[mutantducky]

We all make mistakes because and there is no way to get them all right. We all have plays when our partners may call something we think is incorrect but that goes by quick. But I don't have an issue with correcting a mistake. In my first couple of season I had fouls that I took back and said inadvertent whistle. Plays when I anticipated the foul but it turned out there wasn't one. I've seen refs do that at all levels (Especially the NBA actually) but they just report the foul. They get booed, they know they screwed up but hey that's ref culture, you make a mistake, you stick with it and report the foul. Sometimes there isn't anything wrong with admitting you messed up. I don't want to a lot of second guessing with your partners and it opens up a huge can of worms if you have someone going over and saying they saw something different, but I do think there can be times when it is appropriate to overturn a whistle.
On this video, I don't have an issue with the foul although I don't think there was. But let's just imagine a different play, similar to this one, but where that the center ref saw the offensive player stick out his leg and make the contact. The trail ref calls a foul on the D. This is an last second and very crucial play. It is understandable the trail official got fooled. I would be 100% supportive of the center ref to say, "hold up" and quickly go over and have a discussion. If the calling ref wants to stick with it then that is fine, but I'd much rather have a talk here and getting the right call.