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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Again, learn to read. I said that there are mechanisms and processes in place at almost every professional sport to allow for the correct call to be made. They do this to protect the integrity of the game.
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I did not realize pro baseball had replay.
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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
"When most every major professional sport allows some sort of instant replay or process for overturning bad calls, how can you argue that it is a bad thing?"
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This is your exact quote. What did you mean by this then?
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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
I never specified a sport or said every call is eligible for challenge. You are a very selective reader.
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Well, football and basketball and hockey are the only pro sports I can think of that uses replay. Hockey only uses it for goals. No offside calls or penalty calls. Not even the World Football League uses replay, which is owned by the NFL. I have never seen it in Arena. I do not watch a lot of soccer, but I have never seen replay in the MLS. They do not use it in Tennis. They do not use it in pro Softball. Never seen it in beach volleyball. Nascar does not use it to make on the spot decisions using replay. The Indy Racing League the same. And I have never seen Tiger Woods wait on a decision after further review. But those are most sports, and I have yet to see them in baseball as well.
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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
The point I made is that if they are giving their officials the opportunity to correct their judgement, why would you be opposed to it at the high school and college level?
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For one, you are talking about one call and trying to apply it to other judgment calls. As I have stated, you cannot give information about a foul call. You cannot give information to correct a travel call. You cannot give information about most judgment calls, except for an out of bounds call. You called it "over-ruling" and JR took exception to that language. Again, you were not at the actual game and you did not hear the conversation between the two officials, but you know what happen. A balk call to me is just like a foul call. It is my judgment. Of course, if I ruled based on an incorrect rule, I have not problem with correcting me or any umpire about how we are going to apply a rule. That is acceptable in all sports. Just like you are not going to tell me I messed up a 5 second call, you better not tell me I called a balk incorrectly, when that is my judgment. You talk about being D1, I know you do not do that with those guys. You cannot tell me that makes you a lot of friends? But you will and call me stupid and say I do not know what I am talking about. Or that I have no logic.
Whatever.
Peace