Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site busch.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mgnetp!we53!busch!dcm From: dcm@busch.UUCP (Craig Miller) Newsgroups: net.sport,net.sport.hockey Subject: Re: officials watching replays? Message-ID: <362@busch.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 07:43:21 EST Article-I.D.: busch.362 Posted: Fri Dec 28 07:43:21 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Dec-84 05:53:31 EST References: <359@busch.UUCP> <2088@uw-june> Organization: Anheuser-Busch Companies - St. Louis Missouri Lines: 43 In 2088@uw-june, edtking@uw-june (Ewan David Tempero) says: > How > many times do you see the players watching the replays? If they > can do it why can't the officials? But, sometimes the players can't! Which game was it this last baseball season where a camera man was tossed out of the game for showing a replay to a player? Apparently the umpire didn't like the players seeing his call again. (of course, this may be a rule... I'm not sure...) > However these replays are determined by the media so the officials > would be at the mercy of what the media choose to show. I know True. This may be the big problem. Bad angles, especially those which show the play the way the media wants, is a big problem. > I've wanted to see something again but it wasn't replayed. I can't > see the media allowing themselves to be under that controls of the > officials. Or the officials being under the control of the media... > Also there is the possibility that the officials will start to > rely on the replays which would ( at least ) slow the games > down. In my opinion the delay would be worth it (to a certain extent, of course...). I would think the biggest argument for replays would be that the outcome of sports events should rely on actions by the players, not calls by the officials. Seems to be going more the other way lately, however. Maybe it's about time someone comes up with a way to use replays to make the best calls. There has to be an answer... -- Craig Miller ..!ihnp4!we53!busch!dcm The Anheuser-Busch Companies; St. Louis, Mo. "Head for the mountains... Busssch"