Best Perspective from Players on the Sidelines?

[pirellip]

Just curious if players on the sidelines are allowed to offer input in a In/Out call? (or any other discussion)

I've heard many a person say 'let the people on the field decide' but I'm unclear if that's actually a rule?

It happened to me last night, I was on the sidelines not playing and the opposing team caught the disc on the sideline. One of my teammates called him out. I clearly saw that he landed inbounds.

I always struggle with this, as we have some new players that come from 'refereed' sports, so they're still learning to call their own fouls. As a captain, I feel that I should be helping new players on my team learn the 'attitude' of Ultimate, especially since we play Rec level and I think it's silly to 'make a play for the disc' when there's any chance you can cause injury.

[guzzwell]

I am fairly sure it has to be someone on the field.

As defined by USAU 11th Edition in the definitions section:

Best perspective: The most complete view available by a player that includes the relative positions of the disc, ground, players, and line markers involved in a play. On an unlined field, this may require sighting from one field marker to another

Player: Any of the up to fourteen persons participating in the game at any one time.

Because a "player" is defined as one of the 14 persons on the field, the sideline cannot make the call, just someone on the field.

[pirellip]

Thanks for the clarification!

[GregS]

I can't find a rule that supports this at the moment, but it's at least commonly accepted that if there is a dispute on the field, the players are allowed to ask people on the sideline for their opinion, and take that into account when resolving the dispute.