It determined the system was not yet ready for regular-season games. Two years later, the league first tested instant replay on a wider scale during seven nationally televised preseason games, starting with the Hall of Fame game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins.
The technology was too costly to install at every stadium, the system needed more cameras than broadcasters used for games at the time, and calls remained inconclusive after lengthy reviews. It was clear instant replay was years away from being implemented full time. Unwilling to implement a costly and ineffective system, the league shelved instant replay until the mids. The NFL tested a review system during eight preseason games in — producing promising results.
Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell delivers a message during a news conference. The system performed so well that owners held an unprecedented vote to determine if the league would use instant replay in the upcoming playoffs — even though the system had never been used in the regular season.
Prior to the season, the owners voted — 21 votes were needed to pass — to adopt limited use of instant replay in the upcoming year. Most reviews were initiated upstairs by the replay official, except when game officials requested a review of their ruling after conferring on the field.
The decision was only reached after a spirited debate and concessions to appease skeptics. The compromise: The system would be guaranteed for only one year and would have to be voted on again during the following offseason.
Replay officials sat in a booth in the stadium with two nine-inch television monitors showing the broadcast feed and two videocassette recorders. The two VCRs were capable of recording and immediately replaying individual plays. Reviews would be a maximum of two minutes, timed from the moment when the umpire signaled timeout. Of those plays in question — in all — only 10 percent ended with a reversal of the ruling on the field. The owners reapproved instant replay for the next season.
The measure got exactly the 21 votes needed to pass and was accepted with a few minor tweaks. But just like the decision, the system would have to be approved again the following offseason. Some adjustments were made in an attempt to improve the system. To ensure replay officials were experts on the technology, the NFL would now hold a training clinic each offseason. The equipment improved as well, albeit slightly, as review monitors were upgraded — from nine inches to 12 inches.
If you transmit that same thinking to officials, it helps them too. A miscommunicated instant replay call in October awarded Oakland Raiders receiver Dokie Williams a touchdown on a play that should have been ruled an incomplete pass. The on-field officials ruled the play a touchdown.
But up in the instant replay booth Jack Reader, assistant supervisor of officials, determined it was incomplete. Inadvertently, the touchdown stood. The Raiders won by a touchdown — Of course, having that much more video content available n real time will require additional training and resources to have sufficient staff on hand for game days, and sources said there has been a buzz at league headquarters about potentially recruiting former head of officiating Dean Blandino to help oversee it.
Whether or not Blandino, currently an officiating analyst with Fox, would be inclined to return to the league is unknown, but several league sources indicated they would not be surprised if the NFL made an attempt to bring him back. The league eventually will decide between several different companies that specialize in the kind of technology required to revamp how central officiating operates on game day, and owners will have to sign off on those expenditures.
But the NFL has already spent considerable time researching all of the options and will also continue to explore other technology such as microchips in game balls moving forward, I'm told. By Jason La Canfora.
Puff, that initial magic is gone. Those are the most special moments in sports , and using replays means ruining them for fans. No matter the sport, replays are not needed for most calls, especially the ones that referees can make easily based on what they saw. Instant replays are needed during questionable incidents when the call is not obvious. However, even in those cases, replays are not necessarily helpful.
Technology is the way forward. Technology has taken over and transformed innumerable aspects of our lives. Using replays in sports is just another aspect in which technology is changing older methods to make things better. Replays are here to make games fairer, and they should be embraced. It should be prevented if possible. The damage caused by extending sports games by a few minutes is relatively small compared to the damage when a game or even a season is decided over a bad call.
Thus, implementing replays is the right thing to do. There are countless ways to prevent replays from substantially slowing down games.
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