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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
I posted this in another thread, but then I figured it deserved its own thread.
I really think they should get rid of instant replay. I don't like having too much communication between the booth and the guys calling the game. People may say, "well, instant replay helps them get it right." To that, I say, "so?" The referee is always right. Whatever he rules is what "occurred" on the play. A lot less funny business would go on if the guys on the field would just use their judgment and there was no time to review plays, we just went with what they saw.
I'm sorry, instant replay totally changes the game of football and I think that's definately a negative. "Getting it right" is usually an excuse for being able to get it wrong initially. I don't want second guessing. I want one call, from the officials, and that becomes history. Too many times, instant replay totally changes a game. Getting it right or not, one team still gets screwed, as well as the fans.
I'm with John Madden on this one. Every play in football is now about "was his knee down before the fumble?", "was his arm moving forward before it was hit?", "did he trap that one?" All thanks to instant replay. Guess what, who cares? If it looks like a fumble and smells like a fumble then it's a fumble. When the ground causes the fumble, the official knows right away and rules it down by contact, that never needs to be reviewed anyway. The location of a guy's knee has no bearing on the likeliness that he will cough up the ball. I hate cop outs.
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Replay isn't going anywhere. As much as it slows the game down it helps and that's all that matters. This is not baseball or basketball where you have 3-4 games a week. When it comes to football you have to get it right because of the importance of the games. If the NFL would follow college it would work alot smoother.
Let me give you an example. I remember the 90 season when we were playing Philly in a wild card game. Replay was kind of new back then. Earnest Byner got hit low and his upper body fell forward and his elbow hit first. The ball fell out of his arm. The ground clearly caused a fumble. The ref called it a fumble and The Eagles defender ran it back for a TD. Replay took a look at it and the call was reversed.
My point is if they had not gotten this call right we probably lose the game over a bad call. It's a playoff game and the ref missed the call. Too much is riding on it for the refs not get it right. I'll never ever forget that play and from then on I'm sold on replay.