Possible Solution to Officiating

[Bullflop]

My suggestion is have a Guillotine on-site.

Bad ref calls or unsportsmanlike conduct penalties get an immediate beheading.

That might be a tad harsh -- couldn't they just stick a hot poker in the offending official's eye or something?

 

[YosemiteSam]

That might be a tad harsh -- couldn't they just stick a hot poker in the offending official's eye or something?

Maybe in their brown eye.

 

[Swanny]

I don't think there is an anti-Cowboys bias-- I just think that NFL refs are too inconsistent and in some cases-- incompetent. Other teams besides Dallas have been hurt by bad and inconsistent officiating.

IMO-- the refs were inconsistent as hell on Sunday and it affected the game. It sucks and I'm not happy about it-- but I don't have much confidence the NFL will fix the issue.

One potential solution could be to allow coaches the flexibility to use a challenge on a play where they feel there was indeed a penalty that was not flagged (like Irving getting held on the last pass of the game). Still only give teams 2 challenges a game-- just expand the scope of what they can challenge. The game doesn't slow down anymore than it already is, and you also allow the NFL to save face by instituting a rule change that acknowledges the problem of bad officiating while also giving teams the ability to overcome that obstacle.

In fairness to the refs-- they are human and can miss a call. But if you let a team challenge-- at least a couple calls a game could be rectified and we could stop seeing so many games decided by the refs.

The issue I see with this is that there is SERIOUSLY holding on EVERY SINGLE play. Every big play at the end of the game would get challenged.

 

[sbark]

Maybe the solution is along the lines of Golf...........where players call themselves out on violations, in addition to ref's on the field. Video proof of a player not being honest results in what.........forced a few plays off, slowly elevated to a day off etc etc.........and on the other hand, apply the same thing to whiners after every play for a PI ca..

inject some honesty into the NFL......at all levels.

Laughable I know.......

 

[Hawkeye19]

The issue I see with this is that there is SERIOUSLY holding on EVERY SINGLE play. Every big play at the end of the game would get challenged.

Sure-- but each team could only challenge a play a MAXIMUM of 3 times a game-- which is the current setup by the way.

This only changes WHAT can be challenged-- not how many time you can challenge.

If there is a legit penalty at the end of the game that affects the outcome-- why wouldn't you challenge it?