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07/19/11 10:07:00 PM
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/NFL-games-are-about-to-get-longer-and-more-repla?urn=nfl-wp3507

NFL games are about to get longer and more replay-filled
By MJD

Hey, here's something I hate. An increased number of booth reviews in the 2011 season is going to lead to longer games, says the NFL's former vice president of officiating.

A new rule goes into effect this year stating that every scoring play that happens in the course of an NFL game will be automatically reviewed by the replay official. Here's an explanation of that process from Mike Pereira at FOXSports.com:

If an official rules a score (touchdown, field goal, safety or extra point) during a game, the replay official will automatically review the play. If there is any question as to whether the ruling is correct, they will buzz down to the referee and ask him to come to the monitor to review the play. If the replay official confirms the ruling is correct, they will buzz the referee indicating he is clear to let the scoring team attempt the extra point, or kick off if the scoring play was a field goal, safety or extra-point attempt. A coach will not be allowed to challenge the ruling of a score. The intent is to save the coach from having to challenge the ruling of a score and, thus, increase his chances of not running out of challenges or timeouts.

Overkill.

It's not necessarily that I'm anti-replay; if the right call can be made, then it should be. But in the quest to "get it right," it seems like the flow of the game is often completely discarded, and I'd argue that that's way more important to the NFL's viewing experience. And now we're building more stoppages into the game, right after its most exciting plays?

Unnecessary stoppages brutalize a game's watchability. It's like these "reality" shows, where they pound in unending pauses in an effort to manufacture artificial drama, but end up just being irritating as all hell. I don't know how anyone can stand that.

We should be looking at ways to shorten games, not make them longer. If a 1 p.m. game isn't going to end until 5, I want it to be because it went into overtime and gave us free football. It seems like we're getting to the point now that a game won't end on time (before the 4/4:15 games start) unless it happens to be contested by two teams that favor a ball-control offense.

And think about this, too: You know that super-annoying thing that networks do when, after a score, there's a commercial break, they come back for the kickoff, and then have another commercial break, and it seems like there's about a half hour between plays from scrimmage?

Throw a replay break into that, too. You'll see the same Coors Light commercial six times before anyone takes another snap.


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BoshStrikesBack
07/19/11 10:10:00 PM
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Regaro_Ukiera
07/19/11 10:11:00 PM
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**** this ****

just give me my damn shorter games

no reason for a game of four 15-minute periods to last for three hours, let alone more.

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BoshStrikesBack
07/19/11 10:11:00 PM
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I'm not sure where I stand on this. On the one hand, this could potentially kill any kind of flow or watch-ability football games have; on the other hand, there's plenty of downtime between plays as it is, so why not utilize that time to make the right call? I understand that it's tougher to change a rule once it's been put in place, but for now, I'm in the wait-and-see camp.

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Paratroopa1
07/19/11 10:12:00 PM
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There's already downtime after all scoring plays. College football already does this for every play. Nothing is going to change. Also, I have had to put up with horrible Pac-10 officiating taking forever to do anything for years, so suck it up.
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