All it does is increase the amount of commercial breaks.

**** YES. There should also be a guy for each team who can point out obvious missed penalties (like Tamba getting held 300 times a game).

It will never happen, though. This is how they keep the games bent.

With the technology we have just watching replays at home on TV, there is no excuse why some referee in a booth can't make a quick and correct call on any questionable call and radio it down to the lead officials ear monitor.

There is no need to have 3 refs run across the field to some little tv screen and have a meeting. Waste of time. There could be much more replay if the NFL would utilize technology.

I like how college is reviewing personal fouls for helmet hits, but I don't like that the offense still gets 15 yards even if they overturn the foul

For regular penalties, no. But for the big ones (15+ yarders), yes. I think helmet to helmet should be automatically reviewed without the coach using a challenge.

Wait, what? I don't watch college much at all, so I wasn't aware they were doing this. Might I ask, what is the point of reviewing and overturning the call if they still give the offense the penalty yardage?

Because helmet to helmet is an automatic ejection so when they review it, it's to determine whether the player should be ejected or not, not whether the flag should be picked up.

Ah, thanks. I agree with Josh, then. That makes absolutely no sense. "We've reviewed the play and determined the defender did not make an illegal hit, he will not be ejected but the offense will still be awarded the penalty yardage." WTF?

I'd be OK with it as well. The "controlling the ball to the ground" is the most damning example of instant replay failure IMO. They can't tell WTF is a catch and what isn't anymore because the rule is so nuanced.

Just call it based on what it looked like on the field and be done with it.

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That roughing the passer call on Flowers was so incredibly bad. I screamed and cursed at the TV in the bar when it was dead silent and everyone looked up stunned, especially the bartenders. I never yell and I'm there every week.

TBH officiating can be improved, but not like this.

I'm all for eye in the sky officiating. hell, put a sensor in the ball that, when it breaks the plane of the endzone (which has a sensor line in it), the auto TD is called (like they have in hockey kinda). **** the human element--have one or two refs on the field to catch the obvious stuff and two in the booth that watch the all-22 in real time and get the intermediate and difficult things to catch.

No, but they should consider making the penalty for Pass Interference less severe. I hate when a deep bomb is thrown, the catch isnt made and the team gets the ball at the spot of foul. Cheap yardage.

That's not an issue with replays, its an issue with the rule.

Well, my point is that the nuance wouldn't be as hotly-debated since the refs would just get one look at it to make a call.