We all saw the travesty of constant instant replay reviews last Saturday night against Clemson. We all saw both Kelly and Dabo throw their hands in the air is disgust as the end of the game was constantly being stopped for these booth reviews. In watching the early games today, I am still seeing these unnecessary stoppage of play.
The ORIGINAL PURPOSE of booth reviews was to correct clear and obvious miscalls - like USC tailbacks dropping the ball on the 4 yard line and then diving over the goal line and having the refs say he scored before the fumble. But today the booth review has evolved to the point where the booth refs are attempting to call the game from the booth.
If a review requires 5 minutes and multiple views from multiple cameras, then the damn play should not have been reviewed. You should be able to immediately determine that a miscall has taken place. If you can't see that a miscall was made within 10 seconds, then the play as called on the field stands.
I wish I knew what the answer was to correcting booth reviews. Perhaps have a 20 second time limit. If you can not immediately spot the miscall, then let the call on the field stand. Perhaps limit booth reviews to turnovers and scoring plays. But something needs to be done.
The ORIGINAL PURPOSE of booth reviews was to correct clear and obvious miscalls - like USC tailbacks dropping the ball on the 4 yard line and then diving over the goal line and having the refs say he scored before the fumble. But today the booth review has evolved to the point where the booth refs are attempting to call the game from the booth.
If a review requires 5 minutes and multiple views from multiple cameras, then the damn play should not have been reviewed. You should be able to immediately determine that a miscall has taken place. If you can't see that a miscall was made within 10 seconds, then the play as called on the field stands.
I wish I knew what the answer was to correcting booth reviews. Perhaps have a 20 second time limit. If you can not immediately spot the miscall, then let the call on the field stand. Perhaps limit booth reviews to turnovers and scoring plays. But something needs to be done.
