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A Philosopher's Definitive (And Slightly Maddening) Case Against Replay ReviewThe motivation for using video review in sports is obvious: to get more calls right. This seems like an easy enough mission to fulfill, but anyone who has spent even a little time watching sports on TV can attest to the fact that the application of video review is not so simple. In most sports where...

NBA Set To Add Coach's Challenges To Review System Next SeasonAccording to a memo reportedly sent Friday morning, the NBA will be experimenting with adding a coach’s challenge to its current replay review system. The trial will begin with summer league basketball next month, but the league “anticipates using the rule during the 2019-20 regular season as part o...

The Women's World Cup Has Already Been Marred By Some Corny VAR BullshitThere is no shortage of arguments to be made against the proliferation of replay review in soccer, and I won’t bog down this blog post with points we’ve already made on the site many times over. Besides, the argument against the VAR decision from today’s Women’s World Cup opening match between Franc...

The Avalanche Were Sunk By A Bad Rule, Badly Applied

Pretend you don’t know anything about hockey. Take a look at this frozen moment of action. Where is the puck? Where is the play happening, and where is it not? Who is involved in the action, and who still has the potential to affect it? Who is violating the rules? More importantly, who is violating ...

Umpires Needed Almost Four Minutes Of Video Review To Blow This Call

Last night’s Astros-Red Sox game featured a play that pulled every replay-based nightmare out of the shadows: an interminable review process, a call that gets blown anyway, and a game result that hinged on that very same blown call....

The Raptors Got Screwed Out Of A Game-Tying Buzzer-Beater<em></em>

Toronto Raptors wing Terrence Ross sent last night’s game against the Sacramento Kings into overtime with this buzzer-beating three:...

WNBA: Refs Screwed Up, Go-Ahead Basket Should Not Have Counted

With the score tied up at 71 with under two minutes left in the last game of the WNBA Finals, the Sparks recovered an offensive rebound, swung the ball around, and eventually found their star Nneka Ogwumike for a relatively easy turnaround shot. She made it, and eventually would make the game-winnin...

Did The MLB Replay Booth Just Cost The Dodgers A Run?

Adrián González tried to run on Jason Heyward in the second inning tonight. Heyward’s throw took a hop, and barely arrived on time, but the umpire determined that Willson Contreras’s tag got González on the jaw before his left hand grazed home plate....

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NFL owners rejected 12 of 13 proposals to change the replay process, including the Patriots' proposal that every single play be challengeable. The only replay-related rule that passed will allow officials to use video review to put the right amount of time on the clock at the end of halves. ...

by Barry Petchesky|nfl

|Wed Mar 25 2015

Lions GM Wants Coaches To Be Able To Challenge Penalty Flags

Detroit general manager Martin Mayhew, speaking at the combine, proposed a change to the NFL's replay rules: he wants coaches to be able to throw challenge flags on penalty calls. And yes, it has everything to do with the Lions getting screwed late in a playoff game....

by Barry Petchesky|nfl

|Fri Feb 20 2015

Is MLB Replay Just Making Things More Complicated?

"It's extremely difficult to have any faith in the process that's being used," Red Sox manager John Farrell said of MLB's new replay review procedure, which went against Boston on consecutive days. "On the heels of yesterday, it's hard to have any faith in the system."...

by Barry Petchesky|mlb

|Mon Apr 14 2014

MLB Set To Consider Instant Replay For Just About Everything

According to a report from USA Today, MLB owners are considering a proposal that would completely overhaul baseball's replay system, instituting it for every play besides balls and strikes. It could—could—be in place in time for the 2014 season....

by Barry Petchesky|instant replay

|Thu Aug 15 2013

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