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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
There's certainly validity to that idea, but I think that overall, if better enforcement (relative to the rulebook) is the result, the change in officiating practice is justifiable. After all, it's hard for a team to credibly argue that just because they got away with a violation before, they should get away with it again.
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I agree - plenty of "real" sports do something similar (Baseball has extra umpires in the World Series, tennis has video reviews at major tournaments, soccer has goal judges in the Champions League) and people recognize that this is a good thing. Of course, the optimal solution is that these extra qualified referees could have been at the field for the entire regional...