[mikesears]

Originally Posted by Jim D.

I wonder how many calls I've made in my career where I have had the luxury of absolute 100% certainty. Players are moving, I'm moving and the action is fast so there is some degree of uncertainty in most calls. My suggestion is not that we abandon that philosophy for all fouls, and not even for some safety related fouls (clips, block in the back, etc.), but only for spears and other helmet contact. I think that we are too cautious in calling those, and since the consequences are so serious, we are doing the players a disservice by doing so. I don't think being less lenient on these calls will lead to chaos, and I don't advocate guessing, but I do think we need to be more aggressive in calling them. If it were my son playing, I'd rather an official flag him for a potentially dangerous hit and be wrong in calling it than to let it go and have my son try it again later.

Jim, I agree with you on both philosophy and reasoning for why it might not be called when it should be.