KC/Arizona replay reversal

[Robert Goodman]

Expect plenty of dead-ball pileups & scrambles for the ball delaying the game as a consequence of this.

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Expect plenty of dead-ball pileups & scrambles for the ball delaying the game as a consequence of this.

The clear recovery aspect of replay has been in place for at least 2 or 3 years and you don't see it. It's a non-issue.

The ball obviously came loose so what you see as he rolls over needs to be maintained in order for it to be a recovery. It's similar to surviving the ground on a catch. He never completed the recovery. I think this was a good overturn based on the current replay rules.

[APG]

Originally Posted by bisonlj

The clear recovery aspect of replay has been in place for at least 2 or 3 years and you don't see it. It's a non-issue.

The ball obviously came loose so what you see as he rolls over needs to be maintained in order for it to be a recovery. It's similar to surviving the ground on a catch. He never completed the recovery. I think this was a good overturn based on the current replay rules.

That's how I saw it...the ball is knocked loose...then the KC player gets possession of the ball as he's going to the ground. As such, he has to complete the process of recovery....which has the same requirements as a catch. The ball is knocked loose just as the player is about to finish the process.

[Robert Goodman]

Wow. By that standard of looseness of ball, I wonder how many other fumbles could be detected during the avg. game by video.

[bisonlj]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Wow. By that standard of looseness of ball, I wonder how many other fumbles could be detected during the avg. game by video.

All of them where they ultimately lose possession before the play ends. If he never loses possession this is a non-issue.

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Wow. By that standard of looseness of ball, I wonder how many other fumbles could be detected during the avg. game by video.

Football has progressed to being the MOST popular sporting event in America, despite the miniscule repetition of honest mistakes and points worth arguing. Without question, emerging technologies can turn the game, under the guise of "striving for perfection" actually played on the field, into a real time version of a videp game, that may well eliminate all debates, suspense, consequences of human failings, rising or failing to deal with consequences, the excitement of unpredictability and eentually lack of interest, boredom and that which has proven it's success. .

To what end, for what purpose or to whose benefit, is a real question.