Stadium Replays

[Cycsk]

Watching the Iowa Barnstormers. Raterink throws a ball that apparently got intercepted near the goal line. Then, on the sidelines, Raterink sees the replay and insists that the coach call for a review. They do and the play gets overturned. He wasn't calling for the review until he saw the replay.

So, here is the topic? Should a home team train its video crew to show only replays on close calls for which overturning benefits them?

 

[DesertClone1]

I think that's what generally happens...I mean it happens all the time at the Jack. They only really replay the calls that benefit us.

 

[IcSyU]

In a perfect world, they'd show you exactly what the official is looking at while making the call during a challenge as well.

They would additionally have some sort of monitoring device that shocks the ever living crap out of the announcer when they explain "video evidence must be indisputable" for the zillionth game in a row.

 

[ISUAlum2002]

This has already been happening at NFL stadiums. So much so that I believe the competition committee is or has put rules in effect to force the home stadium operators to show all replays, not just those that could benefit the home team.

 

[CycloneGB]

They would additionally have some sort of monitoring device that shocks the ever living crap out of the announcer when they explain "video evidence must be indisputable" for the zillionth game in a row.

Man, that's a whole new can of worms there. Or the color guy saying, "Now did you notice what he said there? He said the ruling on the field STANDS, he didn't say confirmed so that's how you can tell that there wasn't indisputable evidence. It's all about the verbiage. Her her her.."

They explain reviews like it's a brand new rule that nobody has ever seen.

 

[CarolinaCy]

Man, that's a whole new can of worms there. Or the color guy saying, "Now did you notice what he said there? He said the ruling on the field STANDS, he didn't say confirmed so that's how you can tell that there wasn't indisputable evidence. It's all about the verbiage. Her her her.."

They explain reviews like it's a brand new rule that nobody has ever seen.

To be fair, there probably are some new fans that might not be familiar with the rule. I was watching an Indycar race over the weekend and they showed that a driver only had one "push to pass" left to use in the race. My first thought was "wtf is push to pass", and immediately the announcer says, "for those of you not familiar with push to pass" ....... and proceeded to explain it. I'm sure seasoned Indycar fans were rolling their eyes, but I definitely appreciated it.

 

[CyFan61]

Man, that's a whole new can of worms there. Or the color guy saying, "Now did you notice what he said there? He said the ruling on the field STANDS, he didn't say confirmed so that's how you can tell that there wasn't indisputable evidence. It's all about the verbiage. Her her her.."

They explain reviews like it's a brand new rule that nobody has ever seen.

This reminds me of the graphic explaining Overtime rules in college football that they seem to show every time a game gets there. And proceed to explain the rules as if it is the first time it's ever happened.

Can you imagine if they explained all of the rules of football to the viewer the same way they do reviews and overtime?