[DoodleDawg]

What should happen to the referees that violated rules for leaving the balls unsupervised?

I'm not sure they violated the rules. The rule says that the game footballs will be delivered to the refs two hours and fifteen minutes prior to gametime for inspection. The rules don't say the referee retains exclusive control over them. They return them to the teams before the game starts.

[TexasGator]

Rule 2 section 1