[thoughtomator]

And the Philadelphia Eagles' amazing 4th-and-26 completion during last year's NFL playoffs really was only 25 yards. These things happen - sometimes they break for you, sometimes against. No point in whining about it. If this is the difference whether San Antonio advances or not, then whether they deserve to advance is questionable.

[ZGuy]

These things definitely happen. That's why I use instances such as this to teach kids that you ARE going to get bad calls, not only in sports, but in life, and you'd better be ready for it.

[Phantom Lord]

And the Philadelphia Eagles' amazing 4th-and-26 completion during last year's NFL playoffs really was only 25 yards.

I don't pay any attention to sports, but I watch games often, especially NFL games as they are always on when I go to friends or family on Sunday for food and beer.

I remember a play last year where a guy was stopped on the 1 yard line, nowhere near the goal line. Ref signaled touchdown. Challenge was made. The announcers in the booth couldn't imagine a reversal taking more than 5 seconds. Kept talking about how there is no way it would be a touch down.

Well, even after review they upheld the call on the field. Probably the single worst call I have ever seen my entire life.

[Baseballguy]

I say forget the human refs. We need camera men at all angles and a press box of computers watching and being the refs and doing the clock.

In football the computer will tell exactly where the ball is. That will help those punts that went out of bounds. It would analize everything.

Baseball would be really cool. Considering balls and strikes. We would have different type of HBP: if the ball grazed the uniform without hitting the player its a ball.

Tennis the computer will be a great help with those lines. Hockey and the hockey stick swing. The time of pentaly and when a player could get on the ice exactly.

Basketball there is a huge amount of data to watch.

Crew human refs they suck. Time to get into 2004 and beyond and while we are at it maybe we could put some implants in those players to make them jump higher and hit harder and be bigger.

[mrbillxx]

Unfortunately in pro sports these days, things break for the team that's going to bring in the biggest TV audience, sell the most merchandise, etc.

Pro sports has become a farce, esp the NBA.

Their "salary cap" is a joke and the Referees just get worse and worse.

And the worse thing by far is the mutiple standards by which the rules are enforced, based once again on how much merchandise you sell.