The NFL is going HD for the refs with a move up from 20" to 26" screens while allowing the refs to choose where they will stand.
[url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/08/09/bc.fbn.instantreplay.hd.ap/index.html]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/f ... index.html[/url]Anyone know the details of the CFL system?
The Etch-A-Sketch may have an extra knob for quick erasures without the need to shake the monitor....
:D :D :DOski Wee The Play On The Field Stands Ad Nauseum,
OMFG... too funny.. sadly TOO TRUE!!!
Russ you seem to be in rare form tonight
Merci. 
That may not be a good thing.
Yet, another, MYSTERY to me ... could someone EXPLAIN why it MUST be an on-field Official which REVIEWS the play!!???
MORE times than NOT I have made the call LONG before the FOOL under the umbrella has even viewed the replay.
Why not just have another TRAINED OFFICIAL sitting in a remote site in front of a few monitors ?? He can send a Rogers TEXT MESSAGE to the on-field ref's Blackberry.
That RINKY DINK, BUSH, on-field contraption is a JOKE ...
That goes DOUBLE for the NFL ... you would THINK they could get it RIGHT !!
Peace.
I think that the challenged plays should be reviewed by an of-field official (perhaps in the press box area). This could help prevent the Referee from "protection" or "covering up" a bad call by one of his on-field officials.
Unless and until the CFL can get 40+ HD cameras in a stadium for every game, then we will have to live with what we have. It is still better than what we had a short while ago...