Instant Replay in HS Championship Games?

[stiffler3492]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

You don't really think they leave all those expensive cameras sitting around out in the elements waiting for the next game to come along, do you? And a production truck parked behind every stadium in the country?

The technical equipment sitting in the replay booth is a mere fraction of the equipment necessary to pull off replay. Most state athletic associations aren't going to go to the expense or can't afford to do it. NC plays 8 finals in 3 different stadiums. Time Warner Cable broadcasts & replays the NC games but they are only in the bigger cities. The DVD copy of my state final last year basically used two camera angles, mid-field and a handheld field camera.

As I said previously, bumping to 7 man is more practical and affordable.

I'm not an idiot. Who owns the buzzer from the booth to the referee on the field? Seems to me all they need is a broadcast with instant replay capability. Correct me if I'm wrong...seems like a plug and play kind of a thing. If you or anyone else can detail the technical side of an instant replay operation, please do so.

Obviously it would be a state by state thing, depending on how the games are broadcast, if at all.

[asdf]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Correct me if I'm wrong...seems like a plug and play kind of a thing. If you or anyone else can detail the technical side of an instant replay operation, please do so.

Not a plug and play.

For an accurate replay system you need a minimum of 7 cameras.....
Midfield (1)
Goal Lines (2)
Sidelines (2)
20 yard-lines (2)

Anything less and you get yourself into situations where you can't possibly get the angles necessary and have to start making exceptions to what is and isn't reviewable. Too much to deal with rules-wise for one game a year.

Add the camera operators, the production crew in the truck, the man upstairs, video monitors upstairs, and all the trimmings, and you have instant replay capabilities.....

And a ton of cost that goes with it. This isn't AV club or local cable access personnel that's operating this.

Replay is not viable and not practical at the High School level.

[Rich]

I'd rather talk about why the referee wasn't standing at the goal line ready to rule on this fumble, which should've been easy to get.

I know I've been there -- it's easy to want to officiate the blocks as you work in reverse mechanics, but the number one job is getting to the goal line - you have 4 other officials who are cleaning up behind you.