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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scotscheese" data-source="post: 819564" data-attributes="member: 9400">"Judgement" shouldn't really take place from any referee, I used to be a trained (real)football referee after i stopped playing, and though the rules of the game are stated in a certain manner, you are then told HOW TO interpret them, in an effort to make it as consistent as possible, it doesn't quite work everytime, but i would think that NFL officials are also told how to interpret the rules to try and get some level of consistency between officials.one thing that has been introduced in football in europe is VAR(Video Assistant Referee), it was first trialed at the world cup last year in russia, under this the VAR official is able to highlight to the referee on the field when he/she has made a clear and obvious error, and then the referee on the field can review the play and then make another decision if his min is changed. maybe something like this would be more suitable to the NFL, it would negate the need for HC's to need more challenges, but could bring things like the blown PI call in the NO/LA game more to the referees attention.i like the idea of what it's supposed to achieve, but it is still not perfected yet</blockquote>

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