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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 1045780" data-attributes="member: 10247">I don't see why the ref in the booth can't review plays like this either.  Review may not be the right word.  I don't want them calling down and saying stop the play we want to take a closer look at this but if they see something as the play is happening or before the next play is run then they should be able to call down.Like you said, most fans want to get the calls right.  If another set of eyes has a different view then by all means use those eyes.I'm not even sure I would call it better officiating.  I mean yeah, that's the end result in more of the right calls being made but I don't necessarily fault the officials on the field.  In this case in particular the ref behind the play couldn't see it (kinda looked from one angle I saw a that he may not even have been looking but that's a different story)  He could have grabbed his shoulder and it would look the same.  Lets change it up a bit and say he did grab his shoulder and the ref called a facemask and the vikings went on to win the game.  Half the people would still be up in arms over a missed call.  It would just be the other half and you'd still have people saying it was fixed.</blockquote>

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