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Originally Posted by valo403
The NFL reviews plays and hands out suspensions and fines based on video evidence, as does the NHL, the NBA, and MLB. Only one of them calls them "fouls" but they all review actions outside of the rules in order to institute supplementary discipline.
If you're talking about in game review all 4 of those leagues also use vidoe to review referee/umpire decisions. Many NFL referee decisions are reviewable, spots of the ball, fumbles, boundaries etc. are all decisions made by a referee and corrected by video. High stick goals, nets off the moorings, pucks crossing the line are all referee decisions reviewed by video. I'm not a big NBA follower, but I know that issues of release are reviewable at the buzzers/shot-clock. Finally, MLB umpires now have the benefit of using video to review HR calls.
The NFL is the most comparable, many of the challengeable plays are matters of officials judgment just as they would be in soccer.
I don't see the "dangerous precedent", what's so dangerous about getting calls correct? If you want diving out of the game create a system which makes it possible for referees to spot them at the time and prevent a diver from earning a penalty.
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Ah I see what you mean. Forget I said ref's decisions.
But I always though only definite black and white line calls or high sticks or balls hitting the ground are reviewable.
But getting into fouls and diving is a grey area. I know the Eduardo thing was obvious but not all calls are. Something I think is a foul or a dive, you might not.
You can't review penalties, pass interference, or balls and strikes. It's the judgement of the ref. If you send if to replay it'll be in the hands of another person. Even when we watch replay we're not sure if something is a foul or not.