NFL Watch-ability and Future

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(09-28-2015, 03:41 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I agree. Get rid of the judgement call penalties and the games will be a lot smoother. Also if holding happens on every play, call it every damn time until the players stop holding. Then the games will truly be decided by the players.

Side note: how interesting would an NFL game be if every loose ball was a live ball? In other words, the only time play stops is when the player carrying the ball is tackled. No more tuck rule, going to the ground non-catches, heck, no more dropped passes. Games would certainly be exciting, especially passes over the middle.

Alternately both clean up the wording on Holding so it isn't a judgment call and then call it every time.

Another big issue is the utter inconsistency between crews. What is a blizzard of calls for PI to one crew is nothing to the next crew. The answer to that has been proposed for years - real professional refs who have to "go to NFL University", get an official certification based on a TOUGH exam and also keep that certification up regularly. And emphasize heavily in the training that if they see "this" then call it - no judgment calls.  Now I am sure we'll still have some of today's issues but the natural effect of this process will be more consistency between crews and also fewer "howlers" by the zebras.