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Originally Posted by JohnBoucher
Has there been a ref offering an opinion on this? I don't want to see a mass exodus of refs over this.
If everyone can call for a match review, would you be expected to review the match for the 6 objections made every match?
The refs all take this very seriously. Let the refs do their job.
On the flip side, perhaps I should start wearing a body camera to work. That will make my day go easier !!!
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This ref's opinion*: I'm good with it provided the FTA side is on board there are clear bounds to it. Official video only, set situations each year that can be appealed, published mechanisms for doing so, teams cannot mandate reviews of judgment calls (they can question box it and/or refs can decide look ourselves). Maybe we need to cap the challenges per team; I'd be okay experimenting with either plus a blue box warning of possible changes mid-season. It also needs to be piloted more, not because I think I'll change my mind but because there are far too many nuances, procedures, and edge cases left to work out. We do not want to be fumbling over something like this in Week 1 on top of everything else when it could've been honed in off-season. Trust me, you don't want us to be either.
*I feel I can speak with some credibility on both how difficult this is and how much it can suck, but that does make me not a "pure" referee. I am a veteran ref and off-season head ref but also a veteran coach and have been burned by reviewable missed calls before. This includes a district champs playoff loss, though without lingering bitterness (we made Einstein that year). Consume with however much salt you want.