On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:35 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > It is also what is driving the absurd definitions of a "catch" in the NFL, > and officials in the NFL, NBA and MLB are now making their live calls > primarily with the intent of deferring to replay to make the call (there > was an example yesterday where the officials clearly were not sure if the > runner was down, but let the play go and end in a touchdown so it could be > reviewed. The problem of course is that the burden of proof shifts to the > side of overturning, so this practice shifts potentially outcome-critical > calls, not based on the best judgement of expert officials, but to > facilitate replay. >
This, for me, is the biggest flaw with automatic replay triggers as they're written in sports, particularly in the NFL: the abdication of true officiating under the guise of "we'll let the kids in New Jersey/in Toronto/in New York figure it out." I'd rather have the rules allow for a review on the officials request (and I don't like that) rather than the triggers. -- -- 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/d/optout.
