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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Thanks for the info. My thinking is that the NBA is making a mistake in not having these calls made on the floor first and then reviewed.
They are missing out on the training and improvement of their officiating staff as well as generating more data for how many calls are made correctly and what is overturned.
Clear path, FF, and correct FT shooter situations are all calls which are simple to have made and then reviewed. Altercations involving multiple players or people coming off the bench are impossible to correctly assess on the floor without video.
Btw I think that 80% seems low for professional referees on what is tracked.
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Before this year, the officials would have to call a FF or clear path foul before a replay would be triggered...and they did (as they should)...which was silly because if it was even close, you're going to go with the "upgrade" knowing you can upgrade/downgrade as appropriate...the NBA (correctly IMO) did away with the whole song and dance.
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