eball Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Revising OT is simple. Each team possesses the ball at least once, and the 2-pt conversion is removed as an option. You need to give each team a chance with the ball because the team that wins the coin toss has a statistically significant advantage over their opponent (roughly 60% win rate). Why allow the bounce of a coin on the turf to play a major role in the outcome? It makes no sense. I suggest removing the 2-pt conversion as an option in OT because having that option favors the team that scores second. Make those two changes and I think you've got an OT format everyone can live with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I actually love the idea of allowing challenges on EVERYTHING. Why not? The whole "judgement call" business is silly. The challenge is based on the fact that you disagree with a particular official's judgement. Allow someone in a booth time to properly judge whether the judgement was correct. The nightmare scenario I could envision is a guy appears to jump Offside on a critical possession, flag flies, and the QB throws a pick on a "free play." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpan Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Bills2ref said: The thing is, if the NFL followed their own rules, the games would still be 3 hours or less. If the call doesn’t have conclusive evidence then it is supposed to stand. So why stare at 100 different replays twenty times? If it is that subtle then it should stand. The solution is to put a time limit on officials reviews. 2-3 minutes in my opinion. If you can’t find evidence to overturn in 2-3 minutes the call should be standing anyways. Why even two minutes? 30 seconds is enough. Do it from the booth. A zebra in the booth does a "replay pause" with a res light blinking on the sidelines. The TV crew goes to a quick picture in picture ad (more revenue) and then after 30 seconds it either is changed or stands. Simple quick no BS red flags and refs running 60 yards across the field to the TV screens and headsets. Also, it's freaking 2019. Get a freaking micro chip in the dang ball and use that for TDs and first downs, out of bounds etc. Hell there's even technology that could confirm fumbles and caught passes for Pete's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 every fan base thinks it is getting ripped off every play even the Pats think they are being screwed over totally it's not just you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 13 minutes ago, row_33 said: every fan base thinks it is getting ripped off every play even the Pats think they are being screwed over totally it's not just you... I know it will never gain traction, but I think you had the most sensible suggestion I've heard: no more slo-motion instant replay. If you can't determine a blown call at game speed it's not worth over-turning. Instead the NFL will continue to micro-manage the problem and apply a different size bandage to a different type of wound every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 3 hours ago, NoSaint said: So officials will throw the flag on anything borderline, in theory. But still wouldn’t have helped the nfc championship game. It’s like they tried to make it worse not better They are saying we were right despite complaints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Section27 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I believe it would be very helpful if all replay reviews were done at real-time speed. That would be more fair to the refs, and faster. No super slow motion replays. If there is no conclusive evidence to overturn at game speed, the play stands. Egregious errors would still be corrected. Why review something in slo-mo? The refs can only see the play in real time. Replay should be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 The problem is the rules have become so long that it is hard to follow them but there are some coaches like teenagers trying to exploit the boundaries to get any advantage despite them violating the spirit of the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Section27 said: I believe it would be very helpful if all replay reviews were done at real-time speed. That would be more fair to the refs, and faster. No super slow motion replays. If there is no conclusive evidence to overturn at game speed, the play stands. Egregious errors would still be corrected. Why review something in slo-mo? The refs can only see the play in real time. Replay should be the same. nope, they have to slow it to a millionth of a second look how they overturned 100 years of baseball rules for no good reason but that superslomo tech expense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Limit all replays to 60 seconds. If if you can’t decide by then move on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Just let them review everything and stop playing games. The refs are the single worst thing about the nfl. Stop letting their incompetence decide outcomes. Or go centralized review somewhere and stop the game when there is an issue. Like hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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