NBA Board of Governers Expand Replay, Discuss Jersey Advertisements

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Governors Expand Instant Replay, Discuss Jersey Advertisements NBA.com | Hang Time Blog

The board – an owner from all 30 teams or someone on their behalf – approved replays on three fronts, without vote totals being released:

• Referees will call “Flagrant” on the court and immediately use the courtside television screen to determine whether the foul was Flagrant 1, Flagrant 2 or actually a common foul. Previously, any changes were made following a review by the league office at least a day later.

• Referees will use replays in the final two minutes of regulation and all overtime to verify block/charge fouls that involve whether a player is in the restricted area.

• Referees will use replays in the final two minutes of regulation and all overtime to review goaltending calls. Non-calls will not be reviewed because that would require stopping play.

[Nevadaref]

Boo. It's becoming too much like American football for which it seems that nearly every call is reviewed.
This takes away the need for officials to hone their craft and develop the ability get tough plays right the vast majority of the time. The mentality of "we'll just check the video monitor" will be an easy out.

[APG]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Boo. It's becoming too much like American football for which it seems that nearly every call is reviewed.
This takes away the need for officials to hone their craft and develop the ability get tough plays right the vast majority of the time. The mentality of "we'll just check the video monitor" will be an easy out.

Why would it take away? At most, these situations that were approved come about once...maybe twice at most in a single game and even then, the overwhelming majority of games won't require the use of replay.

And I would think simple vanity and ego would mean an official would want the monitor to prove him right. I doubt any NBA official is going to slack on perfecting their craft and trying to get every play right they can.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Boo. It's becoming too much like American football for which it seems that nearly every call is reviewed.
This takes away the need for officials to hone their craft and develop the ability get tough plays right the vast majority of the time. The mentality of "we'll just check the video monitor" will be an easy out.

Well that is not the mentality in football officiating at all. Actually officials want to make sure their stuff is not overturned. Getting a call overturned is makes them look bad or look like they were not doing their job, especially on basic plays. Some plays are just nut cutters and video in football helps get a play right. And many calls in football are not reviewable anyway.

I agree with the sentiment that in the NBA this would just slow down games more than they already have been. But at least those officials get to look at their plays and make a ruling unlike college or pro football.

Peace

[tmagan]

While unlikely to happen, if in the final seconds, a goaltending call is overturned via replay, that makes it an inadvertent whistle on a loose ball with a center court jump ball. If there are a couple of seconds left, that makes it very difficult to score.