Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Originally posted by Isosceles:
Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
Originally posted by Silky:
Originally posted by zeppfan1:
Originally posted by CatchMaster80:This. It takes joy out of watching games.
The NFL has so many rules now that it's not surprising that everyone doesn't know them all. Even the officials get confused. It gets even worse when they use differfent rules for the playoffs. Now they use instant replay to determine the outcome of so many plays that it make the games drag out even longer.
I'll admit i'm a fan of the instant replay where they make the bad call good pretty quickly. No dragging out, no commercial breaks....just bam change the play on the field and keep it moving. I've noticed it more and more
Do they really need to review every TD? Even obvious ones. It usually only takes 30 seconds or so but why do it at all? I'm also tired of reviewing so many receptions to see if the ball "wiggled" a little as he hits the ground or stepped out of bounds. If it looks like a catch then it's a catch. It all evens out in the end. They played football for years without replay and it was fine. Yes there were controversial plays but we still have that now. Even after the replays they don't always see the play the way fans do.
Replay was fine when it was first introduced. It was only used for certain plays. Unforunately, like so many things the league keeps expanding the use thinking more is better. I suppose eventually they'll review the coin toss to make sure the official tossed it up the proper way.
Oh this here post made me laugh Catch!
For me though, since they done brung all this replay stuff in, I can live with it, even the lengthiness of it all.
We've all clearly seen when catches were not catches.
But before the replay, how long has this been going on?
There's probably Super Bowls that have been won on catches that were not catches.
And I'm sure all the No-catch'erees out there STILL basking in their glory know which ones were not too!
My point is that all the replays haven't made the games better. Before replays fans accepted that calls would be missed. They still are even with replay but now we have more time for commercials during the replays. Fans on this forum are always screaming about the officials missing a holding call of a PI. Are they going to start reviewing every play to make sure nothing is missed?
Those catch replays that show the ball clearly touching the ground are one thing but the little tiny wiggles are BS. The ones that clearlyshow the ball hitting th ground are often obvious even at live speed. The officials are now relying too much on replays making the calls for them.
I think if they can ensure they get things right as much as possible it's a win for the sport. Hard to take the refs out of it unless we find a way to get AI refs out there but if you can watch a replay and see the call was wrong on the field...i'm all for it.
It's not like these reviews are like the coaches challenges which take a long time sometimes. These are done pretty quickly.
Those replays are likely to hurt your team as often as the help your team. I just think many of them are too nit picky. Anyway it's not going to change so I guess I have to live with it. If anything they'll continue to use it more often. I think sports now exist just so companies can advertise their stuff. Commercials take more of the 3 1/2 hours it takes to complete a game than the acton does. Not even close.
I understand it goes both ways and honestly as much as it would suck I'd rather it be called correctly. This way you know if you get beat clean or if you win clean.
Too rich for me 