Figster Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 They do it two times and then never again for the rest of the game. Go ahead... 2 times people, Its not slowing down anything,lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figster Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Can we also get rid of the "officiating experts" from the TV studios? They are absolutely useless. Officiating crews may vary on how agressive they call penalties IMO. Myself personally Mark, I like hearing expert opinions. I also have no problem with a slight difference of opinion as long as both teams are treated the same in a football game. The ability to challenge any play helps build a template of how an officiating crew calls the game in my humble opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_with_it Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Officiating crews may vary on how agressive they call penalties IMO. Myself personally Mark, I like hearing expert opinions. I also have no problem with a slight difference of opinion as long as both teams are treated the same in a football game. The ability to challenge any play helps build a template of how an officiating crew calls the game in my humble opinion. Exactly how I see it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Jerky Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 no, that's 60 seconds. lrn2math That is why I said "twice" lrn2read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 teams already slow down the game to make sure they get a viewpoint of a penalty called. imagine slowing it down to see if one could be called? coaches are simply - especially ball control offenses like the seahawks, patriots, falcons predicated on time of possession and exacting detail - going to use that extra time to check for a penalty and this could run a fast paced offense. They also use shortened time to avoid valid penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Can we also get rid of the "officiating experts" from the TV studios? They are absolutely useless. They provide comic relief when they are wrong which seems to be about 100% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloFan68 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 The league would be forced to find other ways to control the outcome of the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 2 challenges a game to challenge an existing penalty. No checking to see if there was a penalty though. Additionally, I think they should have officials in the box eyeballing the game, and calling down if they are seeing something blowing up like the obvious Bills vs Seahawks debacle that someone/anyone should have said "wait just a damn second, we just put the ball down and now we are calling delay of game? There is no delay of game penalty here - reset the playclock to whatever, and lets do this right" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Ask for the sky settle for less 2 challenges per half and a third challenge if both of the original two challenges were successful each half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That's No Moon Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 One other interesting proposal I saw was to make any action designed to conserve time illegal in the last 2 minutes. I'm sure they don't mean this, but isn't spiking the ball to kill the clock intended (and fairly obviously so) to conserve time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 (edited) I have never understood the spiking of the ball rule. It is in all reality intentional grounding. Edited March 25, 2017 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenhigh Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 2 challenges a game to challenge an existing penalty. No checking to see if there was a penalty though. Additionally, I think they should have officials in the box eyeballing the game, and calling down if they are seeing something blowing up like the obvious Bills vs Seahawks debacle that someone/anyone should have said "wait just a damn second, we just put the ball down and now we are calling delay of game? There is no delay of game penalty here - reset the playclock to whatever, and lets do this right" I had a similar thought, imo each field official should be working with a booth counterpart. If they miss a huge call the booth can instruct to throw a flag, and if they throw an obviously wrong one the booth can review and overturn almost in real-time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonborn10 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Great idea. I love it. Everything should be open for a challenge. Just limit the challenges. I have never understood the spiking of the ball rule. It is in all reality intentional grounding. It was in the past. They changed the rule and specifically allowed the spike instead of forcing the QB to throw it OOB. Changed in the late 80's I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 You get 2 challenges. It shouldn't matter what you challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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