PI reviews: be still my beating heart

[Harlan Huckleby]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001024371/article/owners-make-pass-interference-noncalls-reviewable

Didn't think I'd live long enough to see it.

[mraynrand]

Didn't think I'd live long enough to see it.

You're still alive? Good to know.

Thank Sean Payton and Nickell Robey-Coleman. "Hell Yeah!"

[wist43]

This rule change is an abomination... I expect that the NFL will become unwatchable within a decade.

They are ruining the game.

[Gotarace]

And just like that the NFL votes in a rule Guaranteed to cut their own Throat. This and their sack rule from last season were pure strokes of Genius

[mraynrand]

Don't lose your bowels, guys. It's still subject to the same review process. Coaches still have two flags, and booth gets final 2 minutes of each half. Can't see how this will change anything except to correct obvious mistakes. If the final two minutes turn into review-fests, they'll change it. And it's only in place for 2019.

[wist43]

I used to be a NASCAR fan. They started fucking around with the rules... I don't watch anymore.

The NFL is heading down the same path. The owners are tone deaf. They live in the big-city echo chamber - they haven't the first clue they're killing the game.

[mraynrand]

I used to be a NASCAR fan. They started fucking around with the rules... I don't watch anymore.

The NFL is heading down the same path. The owners are tone deaf. They live in the big-city echo chamber - they haven't the first clue they're killing the game.

You must be the only guy who has never wished a blown PI call against his team could be reversed.

[wist43]

Don't lose your bowels, guys. It's still subject to the same review process. Coaches still have two flags, and booth gets final 2 minutes of each half. Can't see how this will change anything except to correct obvious mistakes. If the final two minutes turn into review-fests, they'll change it. And it's only in place for 2019.

You can't be that naive??

This is only going to get worse. We're not that far away from banning the national anthem. Onside kicks, punts, cut blocks, no-fair hitsies... they've already killed the kickoff.

[wist43]

You must be the only guy who has never wished a blown PI call against his team could be reversed.

Of course blown calls piss me off... but that's part of the human element of the game.

Why not just get rid of refs altogether?? Every play checked in a microsecond by a computer.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Why not just get rid of refs altogether?? Every play checked in a microsecond by a computer.

It's not that far off, praise Jesus.

I think we long ago passed the rubicon of accepting the human element of refereeing. We want the calls to be right. "We" being most fans,
The college game is reviewing every play and it is working seemlessly.

[mraynrand]

It's not that far off, praise Jesus.

I think we long ago passed the rubicon of accepting the human element of refereeing. We want the calls to be right. "We" being most fans,
The college game is reviewing every play and it is working seemlessly.

I agree. except for the seemlessly part. Seems? Nay, it is! I know not seems!

The video review for line calls in tennis is fast and flawless.

[Deputy Nutz]

I agree with Wist. If we are going to be reviewing PIs, then why not every type of penalty? Offensive holding is a good example, neutral zone infraction? This is a slippery slope that completely ruins the game. The game will be slowed to a crawl.

[mraynrand]

You can't be that naive??

This is only going to get worse. We're not that far away from banning the national anthem. Onside kicks, punts, cut blocks, no-fair hitsies... they've already killed the kickoff.

non sequitur. Pussifing the game/political intrusions have nothing to do with reviewing bad calls.

I'm in favor of eliminating cut blocks. I don't enjoy seeing players purposely injured, even Jim McMahon (although that one was close).

[mraynrand]

I agree with Wist. If we are going to be reviewing PIs, then why not every type of penalty? Offensive holding is a good example, neutral zone infraction? This is a slippery slope that completely ruins the game. The game will be slowed to a crawl.

I disagree. It's still subject to the same review process. Coaches don't get unlimited flags. We'll see how the final 2 minutes of each half go.

[Fritz]

Don't lose your bowels, guys. It's still subject to the same review process. Coaches still have two flags, and booth gets final 2 minutes of each half. Can't see how this will change anything except to correct obvious mistakes. If the final two minutes turn into review-fests, they'll change it. And it's only in place for 2019.

Here's the problem: the N.O. call was a rare example of "obvious." Most of the time, what is "obvious" PI depends on which side you're on.