Re: NFL Replays

"Paige Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Months ago we discussed whether or not, during a replay challenge,
> a referee could view some other infraction (not the part of the play
> challenged by one team) and reverse it. As I recall, we never had an
> authoritative answer.
>
> Jerry Markbreit may not provide an official answer, but I consider his
> answer to be from someone who is as well informed on the rules as
> anyone.

Ha!

How quickly we forget when the clock stops on a successful Field
Goal near the end of the 4th period of a Super Bowl, when somebody
pulls the confetti string too soon.  :^D


> Thus, I provide my question to Mr. Markbreit and his reply,
> next. (See http://tinyurl.com/vlen)
>
>
> When a team issues a challenge of an on-field ruling, must they specify
> exactly which part of the play is being challenged? If the referee,
> while viewing the replay, sees some other reversible error (not the part
> of the play challenged but some other part), can the referee correct
> this other reversible error? --Paige Miller, Rochester, N.Y.
>
> When a team challenges a ruling on the field, they must specify what is
> being challenged. If the referee, while reviewing the play, sees some
> other reversible error, the referee can correct the other error, even
> though the team did not originally challenge it. If the original team
> challenge is not reversed, the team is charged with a time out; however,
> in the above situation, when some other part of the play is reversed,
> the team is not charged with a time out.

So, a team *could* screw themselves by not intending to
reverse some other part of the ruling, but they would NOT
be charged a time-out for the privilege of doing so.

This seems fair, as well as believable.  Let's give Mr. Whistle
the benefit of the doubt on this one.

--  Scott