[JRutledge]

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue


Therein lies the problem...you don't see that the VERY REASON they are implementing this system is to HAVE THE RIGHT CALL MADE ON GAME DECIDING ISSUES. I did not invent the system or limit its use. If it corrects even one game deciding call, then it worked.

So are you telling me that Pass Interference calls could not be game changing? I would highly doubt that PI calls are going to be reviewed and changed in this system. They cannot be changed in the NFL. Ask the Colts and Payton Manning? Not much the instant replay could do about possible defensive holding calls.

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
It will not go away next year, because the SEC and PAC10 have already made inquiries about having a system in place and have been told to wait until the bugs have been worked out - most likely the following season. I suggest that you read the entire article (published in the Chicago SunTimes, as I pointed out several times on the BB site).

Of course they have. That is why this is just an experiment. They all belong to the NCAA and the NCAA might say there is no way to use the system properly for all games and not allow the system at the NCAA level. Also remember that Michigan-Ohio State will have more cameras than Illinois-Northwestern. So it is very possible that there will be a play that will not have a really good angle. So the system will already have flaws involved. There is already some complaint that a play that will get changed in the Big Ten might help a team win a NC or win a game that the system would not be able to change in other parts of the country.

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
You seem to have issues with accountability and having your calls corrected. I have never suggested that your partner should blow the whistle and say, "No, idiot boy, there was a travel before the blocking call. Wake up and watch me make the right call."

What does this have to do with me? If I move to the levels that I want to achieve, every single call will be reviewed. Not just the ones I call the ones I do not call. All contact plays, all mechanics movements or signals. I attend basketball camps all the time and have every call and every movement challenged. Why in the world I have a problem with calls being reviewed? They are if you work a varsity basketball game, because all games are pretty much taped. This is not about calls being reviewed. This is about who can change them or tell the calling official was wrong and at what point. This already happens with Basketball officials and football officials. I have had plays in football games being questioned about a call or two. Not to the level of the Big Ten of course, but it happens all the time. That does not happen with baseball that I have seen. You are lucky if the school even cares to tape their games at the HS level.

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
I work with higher level officials and have the tact to approach them (even in a heated play) to say that I saw something different. At that level of ball they don't let their egos get in the way. We'll go get a beer after the game and chew on the play for a while and know that we got it right. AND...we recognize that we have each other's backs and don't hang each other on a controversial overturn. Maybe you've experienced the opposite and that is a shame. The game is not about me and my crew.

What does any of that have to do with the discussion? I am waiting for your rules reference and justification by the rulebook or the procedures you suggest should be used.

Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Just like Tom Ridge said, we have to get it right every time - all of our blunders live on in perpetuity. If you can't humble yourself to accept that the call may have been incorrect, then the problem is yours, and should not be the athlete's.

I think Tom Ridge is dealing with an issue that affects life and death. The last time I checked, my out call at first has nothing to do with someone dying if I make a mistake. I also do not feel that one call is going to lose someone the game either. You always like to say your issues are based in logic and you really went way off base to make that point.

Again Windy, you have not addressed the vast majority of people that used the word "never" in their posts about this issue as it relates to "overruling" their partners or being "overruled." Most of the people here and on the other boards do not agree with your point of view. They seem to feel that they also have to have trust amongst their partner's and they have to let their partner's work the game. That is the facts of this discussion and you want to keep making this about me. This issue has nothing to do with my personal feelings, but I just wanted to illustrate that people literally all over the world disagree with your point of view on this. I do not care what levels you work, but for most of us, we are not changing calls for our partner's.

Peace