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Posted on 10/12/26 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 10/12/26 at 6:15 pm
I know the NFL tried this.. but Im thinking more along the lines of Pro soccer. Dont they have instant replay screens and allow the refs to actually review a play before they throw a flag. I know theres video everywhere in the stadiums but the refs dont look at those .. Maybe throw a white flag or something on calls they're not sure. The white flag symbolizing the refs need to see the play again. I don't know soccer.. but don't they do something similar to this ??
Posted on 10/12/26 at 6:44 pm to Ironandmind
Soccer has a VAR system to challenge certain fouls and mostly offsides
The reason if failed in the NFL is the refs never wanted to admit they were wrong and since PI is a judgement call they stuck with the call on the field an astonishing amount of times. If it’s to be done it almost needs to be someone from the league officer separate from the officiating crew.
The reason if failed in the NFL is the refs never wanted to admit they were wrong and since PI is a judgement call they stuck with the call on the field an astonishing amount of times. If it’s to be done it almost needs to be someone from the league officer separate from the officiating crew.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 6:46 pm to Sandkhan
The NFL review system for PI failed because the refs mobbed up and protected each other to blackball the process.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 6:49 pm to Diego Ricardo
Yeah that’s what I’m saying. They leaned on the “judgement call” argument every time until coaches stopped challenging it and it went away after a season. You can’t let the refs be the one to do the reviews on these if you’re going to.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 6:49 pm to Ironandmind
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I know the NFL tried this.
Yeah they “tried” all right. They just rarely ever overturned it. One of the few times they did was against the Saints of all teams. And they canned it after a year. Basically a middle finger to anyone complaining about it
Honestly, it’s pretty wild to think so much of many football games come down to the subjective real time analysis of a handful of guys (who do this part time btw) watching portions of a large field with filled lots of players. Not to mention how in 2026, even the NFL doesn’t have more and better camera angles and quality for reviewing plays
This post was edited on 10/12/26 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 10/12/26 at 6:56 pm to Sandkhan
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Yeah that’s what I’m saying. They leaned on the “judgement call” argument every time until coaches stopped challenging it and it went away after a season. You can’t let the refs be the one to do the reviews on these if you’re going to.
Judgement call reviews ought to have been done by NFL office people who know the rules but aren’t in the officials union.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 7:02 pm to Ironandmind
We need full time refs and we need a better review system.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 7:11 pm to Ironandmind
What is the review supposed to accomplish when these refs knowingly are doing what they're doing?
Posted on 10/12/26 at 7:11 pm to 1BamaRTR
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Honestly, it’s pretty wild to think so much of many football games come down to the subjective real time analysis of a handful of guys
There is rarely if ever any negative that comes from being god awful wrong either. There’s a few professions in this country that people are just bad at but you’re not allowed to question their judgement and nothing ever happens to them when their wrong and those professions are rife with incompetence
Posted on 10/12/26 at 7:14 pm to Ironandmind
Fans should have just littered the field with trash until the refs nutted up.
It worked for Texas... against Georgia ironically. And before anyone gets their panties twisted, I'm only partially kidding about throwing trash .
Speaking of which, isn't it weird how Georgia is always at the center of controversial calls or no-calls (Auburn 2025, Texas, Georgia Tech, etc.)?
It worked for Texas... against Georgia ironically. And before anyone gets their panties twisted, I'm only partially kidding about throwing trash .
Speaking of which, isn't it weird how Georgia is always at the center of controversial calls or no-calls (Auburn 2025, Texas, Georgia Tech, etc.)?
This post was edited on 10/12/26 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 10/12/26 at 7:38 pm to Sandkhan
I agree.. Have some type of separate unbiased crew to have the final decision not the refs on the field. This will take their hurt egos out of the equation. I did some reading on the VAR system and this sounds like what needs to be done here.. but use it along with the separate group to make the final decision. The VAR system seems to be intended for game altering flags. Nascar.. Formula 1 and pro soccer use it and it seems to be the answer for fairness. The rub is that its can be very expensive because of all the extra cameras and Ai.. But theres no way college football dosent have the money
Posted on 10/12/26 at 8:14 pm to Ironandmind
Just not practical. You going to have a camera on every player and AI determine if the player committed a foul ? Just have one guy on the field to spot the ball? The missed calls sucked and usually are not so one sided but I don’t think there is an easy answer . I know they get reviewed / scrutinized severely bc we get reviewed every week in HS
Posted on 10/12/26 at 8:21 pm to Ironandmind
Posted on 10/12/26 at 9:19 pm to Bear88
Well why not have a challenge rule ??
Posted on 10/12/26 at 9:35 pm to PBD4BAMA
Would make the most sense . Hell we would have been out of challenges early in that game unless we got to keep em..they review the plays now which in a way is a challenge , but can’t believe how quickly they dismissed the INT call
This post was edited on 10/12/26 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 10/12/26 at 9:39 pm to Bear88
The UFL has a “Super Challenge”. Once per game the coach can challenge anything he wants. PI, Holding, Illegal Shift…doesn’t matter.
It’s pretty strategic when coaches use it and the challenge goes directly to the head of officiating. The rule predates Mike Repole being owner and that’s the only reason it’s a good idea. He’d have never come up with it because he sucks.
It’s pretty strategic when coaches use it and the challenge goes directly to the head of officiating. The rule predates Mike Repole being owner and that’s the only reason it’s a good idea. He’d have never come up with it because he sucks.
Posted on 10/12/26 at 10:43 pm to Sandkhan
Have at least two reviewable penalties per team if the penalty is beyond ten yards.
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