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Originally Posted by FormerUmp
I'd hazard a guess that the majority of people watching want that play to be a touchdown. He did break the plane with control of the ball, after all.
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And that's irrelevant because he hadn't finished the catch yet. That's why we need to understand how critically important definitions are.
I see you pointed out one video where you feel replay wasn't consistent. I didn't see the video but yes there will still be outliers if it wasn't consistent. There was probably still some aspect about it that affected the replay officials decisions, but they are human also. Replay officials get downgrades too. But if there were 100 catch/no catch plays before this philosophy/rule evolved several years ago, you may have had 20-30 that had significant discrepancy among officials. Now you may have 5. That's a huge improvement in efficiency. Critics will still focus on the 5 rather than the consistent 95.