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Re: This year we need instant replay
I am amazed at how worked up some people are getting over this. It’s just a game folks, you probably won’t remember that call in a year; and if you do, you’re the one with the problem, not the refs.
When I first read the title of this thread, my mind did not jump to the use that many of the people here are discussing. I thought it would be cool to be able to re-play some of the highlights of the previous match while teams set up for the next round, and use all of these to create some fun little video that could be played at the awards ceremony. You know, with some of the best highlights of the competition.
As everyone has said, this would be too expensive, use too much equipment, and have me tripping over additional wires while taking the drivers the controller that they forgot, you get the picture.
I know it’s never fun to get a bad call on a match. But, let me tell you (having ref(ed) before) that we make the best call that we can, and yes, sometimes we miss things, but with 4 or 5 refs, that’s hard to do. Things look much different up close than from way away across the stadium. I’ve had teams argue with me about a call, I’ve had mentors turning purple with anger at a call, or a rule that they interpreted one way or another, and I have certainly lost respect for some teams because of this. Please re-read Andy's last post.
How does that make your team look, your team having someone arguing a call with a ref? This isn’t baseball folks. We’re professionals and should act like them. As Cory said, in the end, you will be on the winning end of one of these things at some point or another.
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-Alexander S. McGee
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Last edited by Alexander McGee : 08-11-2005 at 07:14.
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