NFL removes replay authority from on-field referee

jimnance said:

I also believe ray Lewis killed a guy.

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i thought it was two, but whos counting.

So are these two stooges going to be the official arbiters, I mean referees in EVERY game? Or just the games they are interested in making the calls?

can't wait for a fumble replay to be called a completed pass

KontradictioN said:

So this is the year the fix is in again? The fix was in during the 2015 season, then the fix wasn't in last year. I'm guessing the fix is in during odd numbered seasons? Is that what's happening?

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Dude i'm just joking.

Rob0729 said:

In theory this is a great development. In practice, I expect it to be a disaster.

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Exactly. What if blandino is reviewing 5 replays at the same time? We have to wait for him to finish reviewing the other games?

TommyBrady12 said:

Exactly. What if blandino is reviewing 5 replays at the same time? We have to wait for him to finish reviewing the other games?

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It's highly unlikely for there to be multiple simultaneous plays needing replay review.

QuantumMechanic said:

Just saw this in the forum newsticker:

Roger Goodell: Dean Blandino will have final say with all instant replay decisions

The on-field ref will be reduced to a consultant with Blandino making the final decision on all reviews.

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Disgraceful.

TommyBrady12 said:

Dude i'm just joking.

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There is no joking when it comes to the god damn fix.

QuantumMechanic said:

Just saw this in the forum newsticker:

Roger Goodell: Dean Blandino will have final say with all instant replay decisions

The on-field ref will be reduced to a consultant with Blandino making the final decision on all reviews.

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This is one of the proposed rule Changes.. It has to be approved by the owners first..

However, it is in Roger Goodell's "Letter to the Fans"..

NFL

NFL deserves all the blasts they get but this is actually an improvement. Hockey has done something similar for over a decade and it should speed the process up greatly.

If they wanted to rig calls the old format allowed for it too. So mine as well be quicker.

I love this move.

And good god, can we go one topic without turning it into a pity party about how a change is rooted in some nefarious master plan by the league to dupe the Patriots?

This place is starting to become a case study for mass delusion. I'm convinced that like 75% of the posters on this board wear tinfoils hats to bed.

QuantumMechanic said:

It's highly unlikely for there to be multiple simultaneous plays needing replay review.

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in theory....

I don't necessarily have a problem with the league centralizing the process or otherwise taking it out of the hands of the on field ref. It's worked fairly well in the NHL. HOWEVER making Blandino the final arbitor is a huge mistake. Making a guy who has never actually reffed a game the head of officials is suspect to begin with. Making him the final arbitor of every challenge, is another example of Goodell's hubris at its worst.

Given that there are three stand alone game each week (Sunday night, Monday night, and Thursday) plus a bye week after game 2; there are 12 games going on most Sundays. I would assume that would mean 6 early games and 6 late games each week. If we assume there are just 2 challenges every game; that would mean Blandino would be making the call on at least 12 plays during each time frame. As mentioned so many time before in the this thread "What could possible go wrong with that??.

BTW- while its unlikely that there will be 2 or more challenges at the same time, there will have to be a plan for when it happens. What is that plan and who will make that discision.

Questions: On average, how many challenges actually occur in each game? There can be as many as 6, but my guess would be somewhere between 2-3/game. So what are the actual stats?

How does this policy affect the so called booth reviews that happen in the last 2 minutes of each half? Are thoe calls being centralized too?

Are we pretending now that the NFL offices weren't already involved in replay reviews?
Big Brother is everywhere

The owners need to "Just say no".

I have zero faith in a tablet being handed to a referee in the middle of a game working properly. We all know how well those tablets worked for Belichick last year. Even with its own dedicated WI-FI server, I just don't have any faith it'll work reliably.

All aboard the Cowboy Party Bus! I'll the take dem 'Boys and give ya 10 1/2 . . .

QuantumMechanic said:

It's highly unlikely for there to be multiple simultaneous plays needing replay review.

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Running a quick program with Poisson arrival probabilities to forecast how often this will happen

jimnance said:

I also believe ray Lewis killed a guy.

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Why do people keep saying this?

He killed two guys!