In recent years, it has often been confusing for the average NFL fan to know which calls and plays can be reviewed. Fortunately, the NFL has made moves to make this process more straight forward. On Tuesday at the Spring League Meetings in Charlotte, N.C., the NFL decided to put a little more faith in technology. […]
For as long as sports have been the world’s primary source of entertainment, their officials — from umpires to referees to judges — have made (or neglected to make) subjective calls, which regularly cause discord throughout the sports world. The introduction of large-scale instant replay in recent years, though, has done much to alleviate this […]
Baseball has hardly changed from the simple game that Alexander Cartwright fathered in 1845 — and while that lack of change has made baseball a unifier that transcends race, generation, and more, it also means baseball has its fair share of archaic moments. Nowhere are these moments more glaring than in baseball’s slow pace, and […]
Last week, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announced that they would begin using a replay command center during the 2016 football season. The system, which is under experimental rule for the 2016 season, allows all games played at ACC venues, and Notre Dame, to conference with instant replay headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina throughout the […]
Last week featured the annual NFL owners meetings in Boca Raton, Florida. Some of the many topics discussed at the meetings included follow-ups with the NFL teams involved in moving to Los Angeles, new rules changes, and the possible expansion of replay. ESPN’s John Clayton reported that the NFL’s competition committee submitted eight rule change […]
