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• Wednesday, September 20, 2006 09:52 AM

  We got replay, lets take it a step further

  Hey, everyone wanted replay, right? That's why we've got it now. Perhaps we need to take this a step further. I remember back in the Little League I played in, when a coach disagreed with rulings on the fields by officials, he could note that the game was being played under protest. The game was played out, then sent to those above for review. To keep from having too many protests, a team lodging the protest had to put down a financial stake in the protest.

  If the protest was upheld (the call reversed, or whatever), the team got their money back, the part of the game after the protest was erased, the rest of the game rescheduled, the teams met again, and played the rest of the game from that point on. If the protest failed, the rest of the game stood as played.

  Think of the excitement this could generate. We could have a special event to see Oklahoma/Oregon play out the last 1 minute 9 seconds again with Oklahoma getting the onside kick and running out the clock. Will they be able to run out the clock, or will a freak fumble derail their plans. LSU and Auburn could possibly meet again, if so ruled. On the NFL side, we could see Pittsburgh and Miami from week 1 replay from the missed Miami instant replay flag thrown but missed by the officials. Think of the TV promos: "This time we'll really get it right (unless there is another screw-up, then we'll have to do this all over again)"

  —J T Read J T's other letters
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