Facemask on offense philosophy

[sir_eldren]

I had a high school game last week where I had an inadvertent facemask (5 yards) on an A blocker. After the game, I got reamed up one side and down the other for the call.

I can understand the philosophy of not calling an inadvertant facemask on the runner, but the idea that an A blocker/lineman should be allowed to put their hands on an opponent's facemask and, "oops," grab it does not sit well with me.

Is there a prevailing philosophy on calling facemask fouls on the offense that I have not heard of? Should I just bite the bullet and call all facemask fouls on the offense a "personal foul facemask" to make this particular white hat happy? Or should I call "illegal use of hands," like he suggested?