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Originally Posted by GirlySports
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.
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You can review plenty of judgment calls in the NFL, did a knee touch the ground before the ball was released is just as much a judgment call as whether a player made contact on a tackle in the box, and both are equally subject to confirmation over reversal by review.
You'd have to setup a challenge type system IMO, and I don't see that ever happening, but the arguments against it are pretty weak (even though I'm sure they'll win out in reality). The major argument I've heard is the whole 'flow of the game' story, which is utter crap as any controversial penalty call is followed by at least 3 minutes of guys yelling at the ref and other goings on. Fill that time with a prompt review and we're in the exact same place with a proper call being made, or at least one based on proper evidence. The other person making a decision argument doesn't fly either, linesmen and 4th officials already ahve huge input into decisions so adding a video ref doesn't drastically change anything. Besides, it's not hard to setup video screens near each penalty area to allow the actual official to do the viewing.
I think for penalty calls it's crucial that all the available evidence is use. You're basically handing a team a goal, and possibly a win, that's something that needs to be done correctly. I'm confident video review won't be allowed for a long time, I mean they won't even allow it for the easiest most black and white issue of whether a ball crossed the line.