But for that to be the case, they'd go to replay independently on their own a lot more. The NFL doesn't want that. Replays are boring ultimately. They need to find a balance between trying to get it right and being interesting.
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:19 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 16 January 2014 15:06, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 2. Just like the NFL and NHL replay systems, that officials cannot >>> effectively make an "I don't know" call. I've always felt that this puts >>> too much pressure on the official because they have to call *something*, >>> even if they're not sure, which then brings the "indisputable visual >>> evidence" standard into play. It would be nice if officials could use >>> replay to help them make calls as well as reviewing them. >>> >>> >> I thought the NFL system did have three outcomes, but the only practical >> difference between "the ruling is confirmed" (meaning there's clear >> evidence that the call was correct) and "the ruling stands" (meaning the >> review was inconclusive one way or the other) is how they're announced. >> > > That's for the outcome. The officials have to make a "ruling on the > field," then either the replay official or a coach must initiate a review > based on that. The scenario I'm wishing for is the officials saying after a > play "the ruling is pending a review", which means "we aren't sure, but > we're going to the booth to check." For example, a long pass to a receiver > who's hugging the sideline but is 15 yards away from any official when he > makes the catch as he's being bumped out of bounds. It would be nice for an > official to be able to say something along the lines of "there's no way we > could possibly make an accurate call from here, but we're reasonably sure > the replay would tell us one way or another". > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
