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Old Tue May 18, 2010, 10:06pm
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THAT'S what I'm talking about. So is that possible? Did the PU ask for his partners, or did they know they had extra information and go to the PU on their own?
Maybe we haven't been clear enough, but the ONLY WAY this can happen on a judgment call is if the calling official (in this the PU) asks his partner(s) if they have additional information. It is a RULE that other umpires may not volunteer information to seek to change a call.

ASA 10-3.B "Under no circumstances will any umpire seek to reverse a decision made by an associate ...... unless asked to do so."

NFHS 10-1-4 "No umpire shall criticize or interfere with another umpire's decision unless asked by the one making it."

NCAA 15-2-h "... however the final decision shall rest with the umpire ... who requests the opinion of the other umpire(s)."

No cover up, no conspiracy, no "backing"; it is absolutely against the rules to offer a differing opinion unless asked by the calling umpire.
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