Post by Funkytown on Mar 19, 2017 17:06:06 GMT -6
NFL considering fully centralized replay review by Mike Florio
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Link: profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/03/01/nfl-considering-fully-centralized-replay-review/
NFL referees may soon be full-time employees, but they could have less to do on game days.
Via Judy Battista of NFL Media, the NFL is considering full centralization of the replay review function. This would cut the game-site referees out of the process entirely.
The NFL hopes, per Battista, to improve consistency of officiating and to streamline the process from a time standpoint. The involvement of the league office in replay review via pipeline to each game site already ensures consistency, as long as the referee accepts the advice he receives from NFL executive V.P. of officiating Dean Blandino or his lieutenant, Alberto Riveron.
Via Judy Battista of NFL Media, the NFL is considering full centralization of the replay review function. This would cut the game-site referees out of the process entirely.
The NFL hopes, per Battista, to improve consistency of officiating and to streamline the process from a time standpoint. The involvement of the league office in replay review via pipeline to each game site already ensures consistency, as long as the referee accepts the advice he receives from NFL executive V.P. of officiating Dean Blandino or his lieutenant, Alberto Riveron.
When the NFL decided in the midst of the ratings crisis to get creative about ways to trim fat from the game broadcast, the most obvious layer of subcutaneous goo came from the replay review process. It takes too long in its current form, and dispensing with the slow, plodding, multi-step, on-field process will trim some fat from games.
Link: profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/03/01/nfl-considering-fully-centralized-replay-review/