Whats the point of instant replay...

[bratwurst]

If the refs consistenly week to week still blow plays that everyone, including announcers, can't imagine NOT being reversed?




Sorry had to vent.

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[BigRedMO]

I agree. It disrupts the flow of the game and most importantly they still botch the calls. Madden in one of his rare gripes was talking about that last night in regards to fumbles. He said it is getting to the point where they are looking for reasons to not call fumbles. Watching football and highlights of games is now less sport and more like watching the Zapruder(sp?) President Kennedy assasination footage. I think missed calls are part of the game and will occur whether there is review or not. That is part of the nostalgia of sports.

If they are going to use instant replay it should be another team of refs upstairs in a booth watching the game just like the announcers do with authority to overrule refs on the field. Have you noticed that on reviewed plays the announcers get the calls right more often than the refs and in far less time?

 

[Lloydian]

Madden's comments last night were just ignorant. In the Pittsburgh game, the ref made, and did not make, the correct calls on the replays, and Madden's comment that in years past it would have been a fumble simply reinforce why instant replay is good for the game.

That said, how do you not see the leg and body being turned after a hit?

 

[SuperSpck]

Better to give the refs a shot a correcting the call made on the field, even if it is to only whiff again, because the more shots to get the important plays right, the better it is for the game.

That said, I'm still not crazy about how the defense is behind the 8 ball all the time because of the offensive scoring rules.

 

[D-Dogg]

The college game's entire review process is light years ahead of the NFL's. Review all questionable plays, have it done in the booth not on the field, and review done in about a minute.

 

[TigToad]

the last play

The last play could not be ruled a force out on replay.

That is a judgement call. You cannot review judgement calls either for or against.

I was sure that was the case, and the people around me at the game were talking me out of it.

After the game, one of the first things said in the presser by Whiz I think was that the only thing they could review was whether his feet came down inbounds, which they clearly did not.

What upsets me is how many media (local and national) are arguing the review of this play without knowing the rule.

 

[CardLogic]

The college game's entire review process is light years ahead of the NFL's. Review all questionable plays, have it done in the booth not on the field, and review done in about a minute.

This is what I have been thinking!

The referee on the field is much, much less likely to overturn a call on the field.

Unlike the NFL, in the college games they seem to be making the correct call on the reviews most of the time.

The reviews should go up to an official in a booth, not one the field!

 

[Buckybird]

The refs are not watching the replays in the both, they are watching porn!!! They get worse by the week. By the way, yesterday was the worst officiated game I have ever seen. I have never seen so many obvious calls go against a team(us) in one game, ever!!!

 

[BigRedMO]

The referee on the field is much, much less likely to overturn a call on the field.

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Totally agree. It is human psychology. I mean look at our great economic sink hole of a country we are tying to rebuild because the guy who made the decision has a a hard time reconsidering past decisions. Some people are built like that. Once a decision is made it is made regardless of what other facts are available now that were not available then.

College definitely does it better.

Another flaw with NFL sysyem is that it is too much like "Lets Make a Deal". To challenge the coach has to throw a big red hankey at the ref. Remember the coach who was just too timid throwing the hankey. I wonder if it is ever Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo that gets thrown? Or maybe its Towlie. Then if a coach gets it wrong he loses a timeout. But if he gets 2 or 3 right, cant rember which, he gets another free challenge. Is the point to get calls right or to have some kind of gameshow going at the same time?

I like how much better run the NFL is over MLB in most things. But the NFL goes bonkers with making too many overly complicated rules, like official review, for the game. The NFL changes rules every year. How often does MLB change rules? Less change in rules makes it makes it easier to compare players of different eras. It is impossible to compare WRs of the 70s and 80s with those playing now due to rules changes. Look at pass interference. It could be called every damn play if they chose too. The DBs have almost no chance anymore. If I was a DB I would learn the art of getting my feet tangled and making it look like an accident. That is about the only thing they got going for them.