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Bad ideas (instant replay) lead to more bad ideas, so I have a proposal to combine bad ideas: instead of bungled instant replays leading to death threats against officials, why not have INSTANT DEATH PENALTIES for offending replay officials? That's right, just kill'em, straight out, right then and there. Maybe have the official's chair wired so they can RIDE THE LIGHTNING into the next world if they screw up a call. If this had been in place this weekend, OU would still have lost that game to Oregon, but fans would have the satisfaction of knowing that the particular replay official would never screw up the alcohol buzzes of so many loyal fans again. Thus, it would have a DETERRENT EFFECT for that particular official and future potential offenders. Who makes the call, you might ask; simple, elected officials, drunk or sober, in attendance. Not bad, eh?
