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Originally Posted by DaFace
My issue with the call is that it's completely counter to the spirit of the game even if it's technically the right call (which I still am not convinced of). He never "lost control of the ball" - it was always in his possession even if his arms weren't technically wrapped solidly around it the whole time.
It's yet another example of how instant replay has done more harm to the game than good. Nothing makes sense anymore.
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Without replay, you don't have the fine arguments about what is/isn't a catch/TD. When a ref makes a call that you think is incorrect when you get to see the slow motion replay, you don't know if the ref just didn't see it right or if the ref did see it right but has a different interpolation of the rules.
So replay means that the replay officials have to draw very fine lines between all these different scenarios and fans can now argue over them. They have to both make fine distinction between what is and isn't a catch. Additionally, they have to draw fine lines between what is sufficient evidence to overturn a call on the field.
If you are going to have replay, you are going to have these problems regardless of where the line is drawn. I think replay has improved the game. It's not perfect, but perfection is unobtainable.
The other option is to get rid of replay.
My $0.02 worth.