HUH?!? A rule change to make the Game BETTER?

[rayzor]

if the refs don't want to be questioned then they need to stop making crappy calls. until they can pull that off, allow for every call to be challenged.

it only makes sense that they challenge penalty flags.

[rayzor]

That would never work. A lot of penalties are judgement calls. It's subjective and I don't know how you'd review a penalty like that.

As much as that wasn't a PI, this would never happen.

yes it would and it shouldn't be subjective. it's either a penalty or its not. the rules make it so.

[HeatCheck]

yes it would and it shouldn't be subjective. it's either a penalty or its not. the rules make it so.

So how much contact is too much contact. I am not saying Shockey interfered Peanut but it's too subjective. And yes, it would never work with subjective type penalties.

[lightsout]

I'd like to see it. Maybe only have it on necessary plays though, like on 1st down plays and TDs. That way, the refs can see that they screwed up.

The one problem being that people are prideful. If the referee throws the flag, then you challenge, he goes and watches the tape, sees he screwed up, but doesn't want to admit it, then you gain nothing. The only way you can do it is have a ref up in the boxes radio down to him after watching the replay to give him the decision, kind of like the NCAA does with their reviews.

[KillerKat]

they'd have to give the coaches 3 challenges and award a 4th if all are overturned

[jim stone]

Replay rules started , only when the fans aquired the ability to do their own replays. Before VCR and Tvo we had to take their word for it. "Well it did not look that way to me." They were missing so much that we could see, they had to do this. Was that play a score? Just close. Funny they have to review all scores, but a cloes one will not be reviewed unless it is ruled a score.

[jim stone]

Any case, chicken sh!t call. We know, Coach knows, Panthers know, all bears fans know, and the ref that made it knows, chicken sh!t call.

[Herbert The Love Bug]

It would never happen. the NFL doesn't want people questioning it's officiating. Even though the do already. This will never happen.

[Seamonk]

I support this, but there needs to be more defined rules to do so. There's just too much grey area.

[Brit-Panther]

After last nights late game, Rex Ryan endorses this thread....

[Carolina Fan]

big reason they do it is because alot of calls are opinionated.... as in alot of calls get let go but at the same time, some of them get called and if they where to allow you to challenge them, those refs would really be earning there money then.

lets just say that

[Razzy]

Agree 100%. I wonder how many games have been won/lost by blown pass interference calls. That poo is the worst.

[bLACKpANTHER]

i am all for getting the call RIGHT

[vorbis]

i agree with the people in this thread who say this, as logical as it may seem, is never going to happen because judgement calls by referees are never going to be put to scrutiny in the heat of the game. inbounds/out of bounds, catch/no catch, TD/no TD, maaaaaaaybe offsides/false start or intentional grounding in extreme cases. but PI, holding, personal fouls (i.e. the annoying, most damaging penalties) are not going to happen.