Replay now permanent in NFL By BARRY WILNER, AP Football Writer March 27, 2007 http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-nflmeetings&prov=ap&type=lgns PHOENIX (AP) -- Replay is here to stay in the NFL. Or at least as permanently as any rule can be in pro football. League owners voted 30-2 on Tuesday to make the video replay system to aid officiating a permanent tool. Every stadium will be equipped with high-definition equipment and will be recabled before the upcoming season. "It's a long time coming," said Atlanta Falcons general manager Rich McKay, co-chairman of the competition committee that recommended the change. "It made sense to us this year to do it. Instant replay is an accepted part of the game. It's what we are. There was not really much discussion about it." Cincinnati and Arizona voted against the proposal, as they nearly always do on replay issues. The owners also voted unanimously to allow a second interviewing window for assistant coaches on Super Bowl teams who are in the running for other head coaching jobs. Previously, only during the week after the season ended could an interview be conducted. The coach's current team would have to grant permission for the second interview, which would take place during the bye week after the conference title games. "We wanted to make sure that coaches on Super Bowl teams didn't feel it was a disadvantage," McKay said. One proposal was defeated. Defenses will not be allowed to have a coach-to-player communications device similar to what quarterbacks use. McKay said owners and coaches were concerned about who would be allowed to wear the device with defenses using multiple formations, and the possibility that more than one player could wind up on the field with such a device. San Francisco withdrew its proposal to make defensive pass interference either a 15-yard penalty or a spot foul, depending on the severity of the infraction.
Me too... I also get pissed knowing that the one call that went in the Jets favor (the Vinny TD vs Seattle) was the one that put everyone in an uproar and brought instant replay back
I agree that was one bad call but, there has been calls that should have been reviewed that would have been in our favor (and weren't reviewed) and ended up costing games and/or points. I like replay.
Jets, Giants, Cowboys, & Colts won't get the high def. stuff cause they are getting new stadiums. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=2815425 "League owners voted 30-2, with Cincinnati and Arizona dissenting. All but three stadiums will be equipped with high-definition equipment and will be recabled before the upcoming season, at a cost of as much as $300,000 per club. The stadiums being replaced in Irving, Texas, Indianapolis and East Rutherford, N.J., will not get the updates."
I saw this yesterday and was going to 'poll' it. Personally I'm in favour of it and don't buy into this crap about bad calls even themselves out over the season. Bull , I would prefer to win or lose knowing ALL that could be done , was. I would actually like to go further with this non reviewable stuff as well , Wasn't the Baker TD unreviewable? If a play falls into the category of was it/wasn't it a TD or first down regardless if the ref has already blown up etc... it should be reviewable.
Good idea on the poll. I should have done that, but I don't know how to set it up. (Don't laugh, it took me 6 months to figure out how to post a pic!) :rofl: I'm curious on how a poll would turn out. *hint*hint* :wink:
