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Can the "catch rule" be fixed?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mondio" data-source="post: 764115" data-attributes="member: 10441"><p>You don't get my point at all.</p><p></p><p>And as cheesy as Star Wars was in the late 70's, that movie was 100x's the movie that kicked off the next trilogy.</p><p></p><p>Photo finishes do not even apply to most cases other than the goal line and that's assuming there isn't obstructed sight, which is what plagues all sorts of football plays. </p><p></p><p>I wish they'd get the calls all right, I also realize they never will. So where do we draw the line? If you only care about 2 plays per game, why not 10? Or 15?</p><p></p><p>I don't think it's killing the game. Yet. There will come a time where it is taking too much away from the game and with all the other stuff surrounding the game, I don't think it's far off.</p><p></p><p>It would work better if rules were more black and white, but football is not a black and white sport. We have Pacific Islanders and the occasional Native American even these days. They don't call holding by the rule, PI by the rule and thankfully have left that more up to the discretion of the official on the field than the letter of the rule recently.</p><p></p><p>But why allow the spot to be challenged when forward progress is subjective, but not allow it on PI calls also subjective? I don't want more, but in the spirit of getting it right, why not? anyway, I'm not pushing for no replay, though I wouldn't care if they got rid of it. and all things considered, I'm not sure this "progress" has actually made the game better. I think we have far too much emphasis on rules and writing them. If catches 30 years ago aren't catches 15 years later, but are again in 2013, but then maybe will be or maybe won't be 2018 going forward, better? </p><p></p><p>and my original point, at some point there is someone that makes a call and we move on. How many layers do you want to add before that is done and how much time do you want to give it? and if your premise is to "get it right", then why not all plays be subject to replay? why only certain plays? The game is dangerously close to being too chunked up and the flow has definitely been changed. Not just by replay, but it plays its part.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mondio, post: 764115, member: 10441"] You don't get my point at all. And as cheesy as Star Wars was in the late 70's, that movie was 100x's the movie that kicked off the next trilogy. Photo finishes do not even apply to most cases other than the goal line and that's assuming there isn't obstructed sight, which is what plagues all sorts of football plays. I wish they'd get the calls all right, I also realize they never will. So where do we draw the line? If you only care about 2 plays per game, why not 10? Or 15? I don't think it's killing the game. Yet. There will come a time where it is taking too much away from the game and with all the other stuff surrounding the game, I don't think it's far off. It would work better if rules were more black and white, but football is not a black and white sport. We have Pacific Islanders and the occasional Native American even these days. They don't call holding by the rule, PI by the rule and thankfully have left that more up to the discretion of the official on the field than the letter of the rule recently. But why allow the spot to be challenged when forward progress is subjective, but not allow it on PI calls also subjective? I don't want more, but in the spirit of getting it right, why not? anyway, I'm not pushing for no replay, though I wouldn't care if they got rid of it. and all things considered, I'm not sure this "progress" has actually made the game better. I think we have far too much emphasis on rules and writing them. If catches 30 years ago aren't catches 15 years later, but are again in 2013, but then maybe will be or maybe won't be 2018 going forward, better? and my original point, at some point there is someone that makes a call and we move on. How many layers do you want to add before that is done and how much time do you want to give it? and if your premise is to "get it right", then why not all plays be subject to replay? why only certain plays? The game is dangerously close to being too chunked up and the flow has definitely been changed. Not just by replay, but it plays its part. [/QUOTE]
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