On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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". > Football needs a ruling on the field as it determines the game clock keeps going. In the example of a low pass which might have been caught on a bounce, ruling a catch keeps the clock running and ruling incomplete stops it. Or if officials are not sure about a fumble, they will keep play going to establish a clear end to the play before review. Since there is no game clock in baseball I suppose it would be more reasonable for an umpire to rule "not sure" and wait for a replay. -- -- 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.
