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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mondio" data-source="post: 816452" data-attributes="member: 10441">and this is why I'd rather they just do away with it.  It's like Philly play from earlier this year.  I don't remember all the specifics, but a fumble I believe and there were 3 or 4 philly guys right there, an arm came out and pulled the ball in, which you could see and then an ensuing pile of bodies.  as they undid the pile, from the bottom was all Philly players and they guy that pulled it in to begin with came out with it.  Besides that, there was literally zero dallas players in position to have recovered the ball.  But since there was a pile of Philly players there was no "clear" recovery and thus it stayed with Dallas. and that's one where everybody on earth could see it was Philly ball, but it didn't fit the rule to overturn.  and then you have a play like this, where some think maybe, some think clearly, some think stands, overturn.  Ask any mouth attached to 2 eyes and you're going to get quite a mix of what they "think".  Then toss in ever changing language and more rules and this is becoming an impossibly tough game to officiate.  There were so many plays this year where I felt what good is replay for anyway after they upheld or overturned some things.  and here we have another play, so many people see something different how can it ever be "right"?I know people think we have the technology to make it right and I disagree completely.  Sure a better view on some might help, but then I don't want this game officiated at slow motion.  Analyze after the fact, fine.  I think the game will obviously survive bad call, as it has since its inception.  I don't know if it will survive microanalyzing every play every game.  Train your officials, simplify some rules and get it going.  Officiating the game should never be taken from the officials on the field.  There are feels, and flows to game and the officials are there to call it that way.  Let them, and if they're not doing a good enough job, replace them.  But let them be officials and let the games go on.</blockquote>

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