Halftime thought experiment

Imagine, for the sake of argument, that a tackle is made at the goal line on a third-down play—say, in the Super Bowl, for example. The officials on the field have to make a call. It's either a touchdown, or fourth and goal. What if they don't know what to call? It doesn't matter, they have to pick one.

Then, they go to the replay booth and look it over for a couple minutes. Even if they're ninety percent sure—even if they're ninety-nine percent sure—that the call on the field—that arbitrary call that they had to make just to have something—is the wrong one, it can't be overruled, by rule.

That is a rule that needs to change. As Evan has said before, make the best call you can based on the video evidence. The call on the field was made in real time. The replay can be observed in slow motion. The call on the field was based on one perspective (usually), the replay can check several angles. It's time football had the best call, not either a one hundred percent call or a fifty-fifty one.