It will be too late for the Detroit Lions, but don't be surprised if the NFL changes the rule that prevented officials from reviewing Houston Texans running back Justin Forsett's long phantom touchdown on Thanksgiving. SI.com's Peter King reported Thursday that the NFL is "very likely" to overturn the rule, which prevents a play from being reviewed if a coach throws a challenge flag on a play that is automatically reviewed, like a touchdown or a turnover. "Too onerous," were the words used by an NFL source to describe the rule to King. The rule was intended to prevent coaches from simply throwing flags to argue with officials and waste time. But the league already punishes coaches for the unnecessary flag by giving them a 15-yard penalty. Source: NFL.com
"The rule was intended to prevent coaches from simply throwing flags to argue with officials and waste time." huh? so, they thought it was more important to keep the coaches in line than get the call right? whoever was on the committee that set up this rule should be fired ............. immediately.
The NFL thinking they would be flexing their muscles with this rule and it only turned out to potentially heck up the outcome of a game...
I was going to say this colossal levels of heck ups with officiating is something akin to FIFA...but then I realised they haven't butchered the rules of the sport to benefit offence and offence only.
The change would have to come from Goodell. I've heard their is a rule in place that won't let the committee change rules during the season. This is definitely something that should at the very least be changed for the playoffs.
