Contested In/Out or Score

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[Celerus]

Can a defensive player contest whether an offensive player is in bounds or in the endzone?  I thought every call could be contested and if not agreed upon the disc would return to the thrower in the case of a contested in bounds call or a score would not be awarded in the case of the endzone.

At a game recently someone told me this is not the case, that ultimately the player with disc makes the call once they verify that they are in bounds on in the endzone.

[mrdeucie]

As the other poster said it is usually the person with the best perspective and in most cases, the person that caught the disc is usually going to argue that they had best perspective. 

[DesignatedDecoy (DD)]

As the other poster said it is usually the person with the best perspective and in most cases, the person that caught the disc is usually going to argue that they had best perspective. 

Which is complete buttkus... the player who caught the disc is concentrating on his hand and the disc... his eyes most definitely are not on his feet and the line.  I've always let the defender call my feet (or called it as the defender).  What we leave to the offensive player is when he controlled it (i.e. before your foot left the ground or before the back foot came down).

[mrdeucie]

That's the rule, I believe, so it's really up to you to argue with the receiver the merits of them having best perspective.

[BrookDle]

That's the rule, I believe, so it's really up to you to argue with the receiver the merits of them having best perspective.

That's the ultimate truth about these game.