Video Review Needs to Happen Now

[Sperkowsky]

Originally Posted by gblake

Hey off-season folks,

What news do you have for us?

What are the new anecdotes?

What are the new hard data?

Blake

Not related exactly to video review but it's worth sharing.

Yesterday I tried my hand at reffing at a fairly large off season event. After my experience in that position I realise how easy it is to miss something like a crossing or a pin or a g43 violation. I'm sure I missed atleast 1 crossing yesterday and that wasn't for lack of trying or knowing the rules. On an Frc field there is a ton of stuff going on and despite 1 ref watching courtyard fouls and 1 watching crossings its extremely easy to miss something.

So why not have video review? If I missed something that caused a team to lose I'd feel horrible and if there was a way for my mistakes to be realized before ruining hundreds of kids competition it would be great.

Video review needs to happen. After my experience as a ref I belive that even more. I've been on both sides of the coin now and on both sides I want video review. I don't care if it means I leave the completion an hour later.