Why the NFL should have sky judges

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a year ago

USFL Playoff game shows value of sky judge approach

When it comes to improving the officiating function, the NFL typically has displayed a toxic combination of cheapness and stubbornness. Last night’s USFL playoff game between Pittsburgh and Michigan revealed the folly of one of those attributes. Late in the fourth quarter, with the Maulers leading the Panthers 20-17, Michigan connected on a 55-yard touchdown pass to take the lead. Skip But there was a penalty. The officials called Michigan right tackle Josh Dunlap for a face mask foul, wiping out the score. Enter sky judge. Mike Pereira looked at the play and saw there was no face mask foul. (It appeared to be holding of the edge of the jersey, but it clearly was not a face mask foul.) The penalty was eliminated, and the touchdown was restored. That’s significant because, in the NFL, there would have been no similar fix. Face mask calls and non-calls can’t be reviewed. In an NFL postseason game, the late touchdown that resulted in a lead change would have been wiped out, with no way to rectify the clear and obvious officiating error.

PFT wrote:

The way the NFL handles refs is just pure shit, in that they just blindly back the refs errors most of the time and looks for ways to read the rules to suggest the ref was right...

They need to overhaul the way they handle reffing.

Also it appears that the NFL has the official rules for the refs and then the unofficial rules. Like the fail Mary replacement ref said, the NFL told them to not call any big fouls in the last two minutes of the game, and that's exactly what happened in the Saints/Rams NFC Championship game, when a potential receiver was straight up tackled right in front of the ref clearly before the ball was there.

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