Real-Life Decision Making
You're a sports official refereeing a National Football League game. It's your job to watch the entire playing field, read the situation and react. You're a decision maker.
The quarterback throws a long bomb to a receiver. The receiver appears to catch the ball and runs into the end zone for the touchdown. Everything looks fine and there are no flags on the field, so you raise your arms indicating a touchdown. Within seconds, however, a linesman from across the field runs over to you and says the ball bounced off the ground before it was caught by the receiver. It's an incomplete pass.
You didn't see the ball bounce from your location on the field, but you have no reason to doubt the linesman. Just to be thorough you approach the receiver and ask him if the ball bounced before he caught it. The receiver replies quite bluntly, "No!"
You've already indicated a touchdown -- the decision has been made. To change your call at this point would certainly cause an uproar with the fans and the team. It is very unusual for a referee to reverse a decision. You try to make the correct call and stick to it no matter what!
But not changing the call would mean ignoring the advice of another official. That could cause problems with the crew and possibly the other team.
Clearly, you're faced with an important decision on this play. What would you do?