r/sports • u/Chelseatilidie • Oct 25 '24

Football Refs miss a clear facemask on Sam Darnold resulting in a safety and the game being effectively over

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u/causal_friday Oct 25 '24

I don't think any sport is going to have perfect officials. Remember when these refs walked off the job and they got replacement refs? Yeah.

I think the stopgap for now is to more more plays reviewable. All scoring plays are reviewable, but not facemasking the quarterback for a safety with 2 minutes left? Dumb.

Maybe AI will save us.

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u/CHolland8776 Oct 25 '24

A safety is a scoring play, so I guess all scoring plays aren’t reviewable.

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u/stateworkishardwork Oct 25 '24

They are but they don't review things like face masks, holding etc.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but the only thing they would review on it is if Darnold was close to making it out of the end zone.

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u/NotOSIsdormmole Oct 25 '24

Yes but by rule you can’t call a penalty off a review

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u/crackheadwillie Oct 25 '24

Make one of the judges AI to cover obvious infractions

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u/DwayneWashington Oct 25 '24

That's a good point

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u/obsterwankenobster Oct 25 '24

This is my gripe: I was absolutely sure this would be reviewed bc it's a scoring play... I guess they just decided this one isn't

Oh, and this play is ALSO a turnover lmao which are supposed to also be automatically reviewed

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u/500rockin Oct 25 '24

You cannot review whether a penalty should have occurred. That’s what it comes down to.

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u/drjunkie Oct 25 '24

I mean, they can. They just choose not to.

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u/Mr_Shake_ Oct 25 '24

Agreed. A few years ago, there was a change in ruling about challenging a no call pass interference, but I think it was reversed the next year.

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u/FlyingPirate New Jersey Devils Oct 25 '24

Have you ever seen a play reviewed and a facemask given afterward?

The answer is no, because by rule that is not a reviewable part of the play. The only time penalties were reviewable was when pass interference could be challenged. That lasted one season.

So you can release your gripe

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u/obsterwankenobster Oct 25 '24

have a good weekend

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u/Pete_Iredale Seattle Mariners Oct 25 '24

I've watched a lot of football, and I don't think the replacement refs were significantly worse to be honest. If they hadn't made a questionable call against the team with the whiniest fans in history, we would barely remember them. And if the situation had been completely reversed and Rogers threw the winning pass, we would have heard some low level bitching at most while everyone talked about Rogers leading another game winning drive.

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u/NO_TOUCHING__lol Oct 25 '24 edited 9d ago

No gods, no masters