Offseason Video Review Pilot-Volunteers?

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Originally Posted by Jeanne Boyarsky

One problem in tennis is that towards the end, a player will challenge just in case. Because the challenge is no good shortly, they might as well take a change and use it. Maybe FIRST can counter that with GP - only challenge if you really think the refs were wrong.

The other thing tennis does is have music and audience participation (clapping for drama) for challenges. Which adds some ceremony. I bring up tennis because the sport resisted video replays for a LONG time and they worked out well.

A challenge in tennis is also completely automated and only takes a couple of seconds to complete. The result could be displayed before the player finishes signalling that they want to challenge. The drama is what takes most of the time, sort of like the Project Runway 20+ second, "You're out!" drumbeat music at the end of the episode. Here, it really would take some time to review, more like an NFL game with the ref having to go "under the hood".

I'm also trying to envision a "challenge coupon" when most teams don't fully understand how timeout and backup robot coupons work.

I'm interested in seeing where this goes though. Evolution is a wonderful thing in a sport as complex as this one.