I would say a do over is authorized but not warranted here. I am without my rule book, but, isn't there a catch all provision that says that the referee can take any action to address fundamental unfairness in the game (ie award a touchdown, call a forfeit) that are not covered specifically in the rules? I call it the CYA rule.

Not warranted here though. The coach can't abdicate his responsibility to independently know the rules to the official.

Unfair Acts Rule.

REPLY: Snake-eyes...just who did anything unfair? B's coach screaming for his players to get away isn't unfair. And Team A's diving on a live loose ball isn't unfair. The only act affecting the play is that of the official who naively misled Team B. But it was hardly an unfair act.

I didn't say that we could implement that, I was just naming what parepat was describing. ;)

Sorry Snake-eyes. I missed that. My bad...