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Old Sat Jan 02, 2010, 12:13am
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Originally Posted by Cobra View Post
In the real world officials are expected to get calls incorrect. Any time that an official actually has to make a decision there is a chance that it will not be the right one.
You are correct, and this is irrelevant to what was actually said.

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Originally Posted by Cobra View Post
Certain calls are easier than others but there are no calls which are so easy that the odds of the official getting it incorrect are 0%.
Get a dictionary. He never said that the odds of those particular calls being missed was 0% (and as someone who loves stats, it's a pet peeve of mine to display odds as percentages.) He said the expectation was to blow the call 0% of the time.

Do you expect to get into an accident when you drive your car, or do you realize there's a chance?
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