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Finally, a voice of reason! Instant replay is one of the worst ideas to ever happen to football (and the fact that it's spread to a fast-paced, free-flowing game like basketball is even more egregious).
There's a joke in my family that whenever a coach challenges a call on the field, everyone lightheartedly groans, because they know my rant is coming. For instance, during the first game of the season, instead of talking about what a great play the touchdown to Heath Miller was, we got Al Michaels and John Madden discussing whether or not Nick Saban threw a fucking bean bag correctly. Instant replay has singlehandedly shifted the focus of the game to the officiating from the game itself, and that's a damn shame.
And one last thing -- doesn't anyone remember that the NFL tried this once before? Most folks thought it was stupid then, right? Time doesn't make a bad idea good.
