I really doubt that studies show that the calls in a secondary are wrong 70% of the time. I suspect that is a made-up number more than an actual result of a study. Sure, they may be less accurate than in the primary, but I really doubt it drops that much on the kinds of plays people go get.

This call, specifically, wasn't wrong. The calling official didn't call an FF1 live. he called a personal foul...and it was. They went to video, which should be even better than a primary call, and then got it wrong because they didn't have the right view.

I've heard that calling outside of your primary is only 70% accurate, not 70% wrong.

I could believe that. Your accuracy may drop, but it doesn't disappear. If it did, there would be little value in reviewing any video that didn't include 3-4 angles. Either way, I'm guessing the number is just made up or generated after someone viewed a relatively small set of plays and not a large comprehensive study. Furthermore, depending on the point you want to prove, a lot of judgement calls could be classified either way (as correct or incorrect), significantly skewing the results.


The question to ask then, regarding situations outside of your primary, would be whether it is better to call something or not call something. If you make the all, you'd be right 70% of the time and be wrong 30%. But, to not make that call you'd be wrong 70% of the time but be right 30% of the time. If officials are patient when calling outside of their primary, and only go get something they're confident in and believe needs to be called, it seems that the better option, at least regarding contact, is still to make the call since you're still much more likely to be right than wrong.

Here's a novel concept. Have a second monitor next to the main one that is showing a live feed of the TV broadcast (if applicable).

We know the networks will continue filling dead air time by showing multiple looks of the replay over and over as long as the officials are at the table. So while they're there, they should be able to get the looks piped in by the primary monitor as well as what home viewers are seeing at the same time.

Doesn't seem like rocket science to me.

The game officials are supposed to be offered all video available from the network.

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Don't disagree, but we hear time and time again of these feed issues at the table. It's getting old.

But we've been informed on many occasions by the NCAA-M's brass that all feeds are supposed to be available. So we don't need a novel idea, we need process in place to be done properly.

I concur. I believe that I reversed the stats in my previous post.