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re: What really happens in the SEC replay booth
Posted on 11/14/09 at 5:48 am to Ace Ventura
Posted on 11/14/09 at 5:48 am to Ace Ventura
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Redding defended the work of his replay official Saturday, Dan Dembinski, stressing that the replay rule calls for indisputable video evidence. "It's not like in a court of law where there is reasonable doubt," Redding said. "There can be no doubt at all for a replay official."
This is a ridiculous standard. No doubt at all? Beyond a reasonable doubt is the highest standard used in courts and is reserved for criminal trials. It is stupid to utilze a standard higher than that.
I think the NFL had similar problems with reluctance to overturn clearly wrong calls when they first went to instant replay. But they fixed it and their system seems to work for the most part. The SEC's system on the other hand gets it wrong much too often.
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Posted on 11/14/09 at 6:02 am to Methuselah
quote:you are crazy. Determining whether or not a player is in bounds deserves MUCH scrutiny and certainty than some silly law case that may end in someone being put to death!
Beyond a reasonable doubt is the highest standard used in courts and is reserved for criminal trials. It is stupid to utilze a standard higher than that.
Posted on 11/14/09 at 6:51 am to Methuselah
esp. when the doubt may be created in the mind of the official only. the refs on the field didn't even know PP caught the ball. that is probably what created the doubt. the SEC office itself said the job of the replay official is to DEFEND the ruling on the field and to DEFER to the officials on the field. DEFEND and DEFER sounds like they will not change field rulings except on certain types of plays that are obvious enough to get laughed at the next day. We didn't have a chance with this attitude. the refs on the field were blocked out and did NOT see the play. that's why they called no interception; they did not see it. in that case, the replay booth MUST MAKE THE CALL, not DEFEND and DEFER. we got screwed and the SEC and their officials need to prepare of these contingencies ie what happens when the refs simply do not see the play.
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