Referees refusing to change score

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by aryker

This seems strange to me. Why aren't refs allowed to look at replay videos when making a decision? It's done in sports like football, and it seems a bit silly to rely on the memory of a few people when deciding a score that could potentially make or break a team's chance at the championships...

Because things look different from different angles. It's no different than refs having to make judgement calls (every year) from that one specific angle.