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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 628371">Here's something I was not aware of until just now checking the rules:"During the review, the Referee will consult with designated members of the Officiating department at the League office. A decision will be reversed only when the Referee has indisputable visual evidence available to him that warrants the change."In other words, the league office cannot direct the referee; they could render an opinion and the referee can choose to ignore it.So, the question becomes, how many referees, in their own minds eye, would consider this replay "incontrovertible visual evidence" that the player did not have "a firm grip and control" of the ball with only "slight movement"?  Given what I've seen over the years, I'd say a considerable majority.  Brad Allen evidently has a personal higher threshold for "incontrovertible".While "a foolish consistency may be the hobgoblin of small minds", as Emerson famously wrote, consistency in the application of rules is hardly "foolish".  Somehow, giving the Brad Allens of the world the freedom to roll their own serves no one well.</blockquote>

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