> The booth officials could be retired officials too old/injured to > run on the field, but who know the game inside and out. They > should be at least as experienced as the field officials whose > calls they may overturn. But by having the review done away from > the field, the decision could be made in a few seconds, rather than > the current drawn-out process that takes several minutes.
For whatever reason, the NFL wants the guy(s) on the field to make the call. Maybe the protocol is that once they're under the hood, they're supposed to look at multiple angles to make sure they don't miss something, but the replay official often manages to decide whether or not to ask for further review quickly enoiugh. I haven't seen anything about this in a while, but the replay officials were often retired on-field officials, and they're assigned as regular members of crews. > I believe hockey uses something similar to review potential > goal/no-goal calls: officials off the ice who review the play and > communicate their decision. Yeah, and the replays are all reviewed at the league office in Toronto. -Jerry Wolper [email protected] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
