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INSTANT REPLAYS ON TV

For all you armchair quarterbacks and armchair referees, when a play is reviewed in slow motion you too often cannot always make a fair judgment call based on what you think you see or saw on the screen. Remember, the TV offers only a two-dimensional perspective of images, things and events.

To call plays fairly you need a three-dimensional perspective like referees have at the scene or on the playing field. The angle the replay camera is operating from may do as much to hide the truth as it does to uncover it. Replays simply do not always offer a perfect persective when reviewing sporting events, but yes, referees do make plenty of mistakes and replay cameras oftentimes do uncover what referees miss.

Yet how many times have you watched a boxing match on TV or a certain play of a game and completely disagreed with the call of the referee. Remember, you are not there and you are viewing the event two-dimensionally when the referee is right there on top of the event and viewing it three-dimensionally which is always a clearer, truer perspective of reality. Of course, none of the above applies if you are dealing with crooked "zebras" or referees!

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