Saxum Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Second topic in Kings's column - Is Dean Blandino Ready for the Heat? http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2017/03/27/las-vegas-raiders-replay-review-overtime-nfl-meetings Since replay seems different at different stadiums due to fan pressure, equipment and referees what they are doing is making sense, Appears headed for passage this week and some will change helmets for tinfoil hats (do helmets come in tinfoil? I think not now with CTE concerns) • The ref on the field won’t walk up to 40 yards to a hooded monitor next to the stands. He will walk several yards to the nearest sideline, and a replay technician will bring him a tablet and headset, and he’ll watch replays and discuss the outcome with Blandino or his lieutenant, Al Riveron, at the command center in New York. • The ref will consult but not make the final call. • Blandino, the decider-in-chief, will be the one getting the grief on the overturn, not the ref who made the call and took responsibility in the stadium. I think the refs will still get the heat; in some stadiums referees have been afraid to make the call.
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