I am intrigued to see what happens. I can see a situation where one replay official watches the same tape over and over to try and ensure he gets it right, whereas if a consensus is made from a group after watching the tape one or two times simultaneously it could actually make the review process faster. The question is what happens if there is no consensus? Is the team in Greensboro just there to give their opinions to the official onsite or is it a majority rules type of vote? As I said im intrigued to see how it is implemented.
From ESPN:
"AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- The ACC has become the first conference to announce plans to use a replay command center in the 2016 football season, announcing Thursday it would have the system installed at all league venues and Notre Dame.
Several months ago, the ACC hired longtime official Ted Jackson to oversee all its replay officials. Jackson will be in the ACC command center each weekend and serve as the point person with the on-site replay officials.
"I felt like we needed to be aggressive in being a part of this experimentation," commissioner John Swofford said. "I'm sure we'll learn a lot from it but we want to do everything that we can do to enhance officiating."
College football officiating has come under increasing scrutiny, as several botched calls over the past few years have affected the outcome of games. One of the most prominent examples was the end of a Miami-Duke game last season, in which the Hurricanes won on a touchdown that featured eight laterals. The ACC later ruled the officials botched four separate calls on that play and the touchdown shouldn't have counted. The on-field officiating crew as well as the replay official and communicator were suspended for two games as a result.
That incident was the impetus to hire a coordinator over the replay officials. Once the rules committee allowed collaborative replay, the ACC decided it needed to give it a shot.
Michael Strickland, senior associate commissioner for football operations, said many of the details still had to be hammered out but the league would make a "significant" investment in the technology required to ensure the proper equipment is installed at each venue. He said the ACC tested out collaborative replay during the Clemson spring game. Essentially, when a call was flagged for review, the on-field official, replay official and Jackson got on a headset and reviewed the play from every angle. They then made a joint decision.
"We walked away very impressed with the quality of the image," Strickland said. "It was as good a quality as you could ask for. It was real time. We were blown away by how good the technology performed in that instance, so that gave us the comfort to make the recommendation that we did."
