B1G to experiment with replay on charge/block calls

#26      
In all sports, I want a video referee that is watching every minute and angle. Coaches can challenge a live call X number of times during the game. Field refs can ask for a review at any point.

The video ref (in another room) makes the call in <30 seconds through an earpiece to the field refs. Quick, simple, and better than the current system.

In the last two minutes, the video ref can call in and overturn any call that is obviously missed by the live refs.

Too much Big Brother.

Having a video person assist and speed up calls is in the right direction. But having refs call for a review at any point or the video ref overturning calls at his discretion is way too much.
 
#27      
I'm generally on board with this, but only for inside/outside the arc during the last two minutes. Replay should never extend to judgement calls (and this doesn't).

I don't like that coaches can challenge. Wouldn't be surprised to see coaches use this as an extra timeout down the stretch, unless some kind of penalty is imposed for an incorrect challenge.

Bolded should be implemented. Like in football, lose the challenge, lose a time out.

I also feel they should not let players huddle during the challenge review, but I realize that will not happen.
 
#28      
Replay. Is. ruining. Sports.

It's incredible how bad it's getting, and basketball is the worst because it just adds on to the existing timeouts problem.

I was a gung-ho replay advocate a decade ago as these systems were being implemented. I didn't anticipate how the flow of a game could be so totally destroyed.

The lightbulb really came on when I was out at a bar a couple years ago watching a Bulls and Blackhawks playoff game simultaneously on two different TV's. The final 30 seconds of the Bulls game occurred during the same period of time as the final FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES of the Blackhawks game.

It's time to fight back.
 
#29      
They need to go from where college bb and NBA bb are regarding charges and meet in the middle for college bb. College BB is too finesse when it comes to charges while the NBA can be to aggressive on the blocks.
 
#30      
They need to go from where college bb and NBA bb are regarding charges and meet in the middle for college bb. College BB is too finesse when it comes to charges while the NBA can be to aggressive on the blocks.

I think the NBA block/charge equilibrium is exactly where it should be. Both excellence on offense and excellence on defense are rewarded and mere physicality is useless without skill and timing to complement it.

The only thing college rules have over NBA rules is the allowance of diversity of man/zone schemes on defense.
 
#34      

Deleted member 3875

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They didn't pay attention to the plummeting NFL viewership.
Typical bungling buffoons at the NCAA.
 
#35      

Ransom Stoddard

Ordained Dudeist Priest
Bloomington, IL
It's a double-edged sword. The technology exists to judge a play in very slow or still motion from multiple angles, and to do it reasonably quickly. If there's a close play, players, coaches, and fans of the team on the wrong end of the original call demand a replay, so we get a lot of replays.

I guess if the refs were better, and more consistent, and less biased (table for Valentine) it would be less of an issue, but human nature is to argue with a call that didn't go our way.

In 10 years or less, I think there's going to be sensors in the ball, and all over the field of play, that will be able to make real time calls in a lot of scenarios (think goal-tending, shot clock violations, OOB in tennis & soccer, offsides/icing etc. in hockey). That could allow officials to focus on the players more.
 
#36      

blackdog

Champaign
This really isn't that big of a deal. It's not like they are going to be reviewing whether the defender is stationary or sliding, vertical or not. The only thing they are going to be looking at is if they have their feet on the restricted circle or not. Same thing as if they were going to be reviewing an out of bounds play with someone's foot on the line. Or even another example if a shot was a 2 or 3 pointer. Pretty clear cut, easy to review evidence.