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<blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 816623" data-attributes="member: 5830"><p>I'm generally in favor of perfecting what we've got. Penalties are not reviewable in any case. Turnovers, whether the ball breached the line to gain, and receptions should be reviewable. We can get some of the game right. With television showing replays, you have to allow the greatest scenarios to be reviewed. I don't believe that penalties fall into that category, even when they appear to change a game. I don't lament about the facemask against Rodgers in the 2009 playoffs against AZ.</p><p></p><p>I agree with others that the criteria for overturning calls makes zero sense. The NFL rule states “A decision will be reversed only when there is clear and obvious visual evidence available that warrants the change.” This rarely happens. The officiating executives at brain-trust central seem to try to make the right call even when the evidence available is not clear and obvious. To me "clear and obvious" means that you could go into a sports bar and 95% (exempting the few crazies) of the patrons would agree. If you can't pass the pub test, then it's not clear and obvious.</p><p></p><p>I have no outrage over the Saints. They made enough mistakes on that final set of downs that the refs shouldn't be held to a higher standard.</p><p></p><p>My final point is about full time refs. I don't have an issue with paying them to be full time, but I question whether that is the issue. If the NFL determines that the refs were thinking about that TPS Report that they need to read while back at Initech on Monday....I guess full time is the solution. I doubt that though. There will always be obvious calls that are missed and while it sucks, it is the reality of human-officiated games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El Guapo, post: 816623, member: 5830"] I'm generally in favor of perfecting what we've got. Penalties are not reviewable in any case. Turnovers, whether the ball breached the line to gain, and receptions should be reviewable. We can get some of the game right. With television showing replays, you have to allow the greatest scenarios to be reviewed. I don't believe that penalties fall into that category, even when they appear to change a game. I don't lament about the facemask against Rodgers in the 2009 playoffs against AZ. I agree with others that the criteria for overturning calls makes zero sense. The NFL rule states “A decision will be reversed only when there is clear and obvious visual evidence available that warrants the change.” This rarely happens. The officiating executives at brain-trust central seem to try to make the right call even when the evidence available is not clear and obvious. To me "clear and obvious" means that you could go into a sports bar and 95% (exempting the few crazies) of the patrons would agree. If you can't pass the pub test, then it's not clear and obvious. I have no outrage over the Saints. They made enough mistakes on that final set of downs that the refs shouldn't be held to a higher standard. My final point is about full time refs. I don't have an issue with paying them to be full time, but I question whether that is the issue. If the NFL determines that the refs were thinking about that TPS Report that they need to read while back at Initech on Monday....I guess full time is the solution. I doubt that though. There will always be obvious calls that are missed and while it sucks, it is the reality of human-officiated games. [/QUOTE]
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