PSI of game footballs dictated by crew?

[slice60]

My friend's son is a HS QB here in Indiana. Before an away game tonight, when the QB & QB Coach presented the game balls to the officiating crew, the crew took the footballs & pumped up all of their game balls to the maximum PSI under the rules. As the footballs were already within the allowed PSI range, they tried to ask for an explanation but the crew shut down any discussion.

I am just a fan but I have never heard of this happening. What is the game ball protocol for a high school officiating crew? I assumed that the crew's job was to simply check the PSI of all game balls to make sure they are within the allowed PSI range. If a ball is outside that range, then they would add or release some air as needed. But is a crew allowed to dictate the PSI of game balls?

[Bobref]

7 hours ago, slice60 said:

My friend's son is a HS QB here in Indiana. Before an away game tonight, when the QB & QB Coach presented the game balls to the officiating crew, the crew took the footballs & pumped up all of their game balls to the maximum PSI under the rules. As the footballs were already within the allowed PSI range, they tried to ask for an explanation but the crew shut down any discussion.

I am just a fan but I have never heard of this happening. What is the game ball protocol for a high school officiating crew? I assumed that the crew's job was to simply check the PSI of all game balls to make sure they are within the allowed PSI range. If a ball is outside that range, then they would add or release some air as needed. But is a crew allowed to dictate the PSI of game balls?

The Umpire is required to have a gauge for measuring the pressure in the footballs. The ball is required to have a psi between 12.5 and 13.5. If a coach hands the ball to the U and it’s 12.5 psi, it’s legal. Maybe the coach’s gauge and the U’s gauge were in disagreement. But the U should not be adding or releasing air if the football is already in the legal range.