Comments on: NCAA Lacrosse Considering Instant Replay

By: wwulax15

wwulax15 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:51:40 +0000

I would be fine with replay being used on goals, offsides, out of bounds, crease violations and closest to the shot because those are not judgment calls. Someone either scored or they didn't they stepped over a line or they didn't and someone is closest to where a shot goes out or the other guy is. Replay should not be used on penalty's like slashes or loose ball pushes because those calls are subjective.

As far as the problem with not every game being televised I think it would make sense to just use replay for the national tournament because all those games televised.

By: wwulax15

wwulax15 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:51:40 +0000

By: Cam

Cam — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:22:14 +0000

The first comment really sums up why I don't want to see replay either. So many judgment calls have to be made all the time on faceoffs, endlines, slashes, and pushes and I don't understand where a replay would come in.

I guess, what would be reviewed? There are no two feet in the endzone calls and buzzerbeaters are really obvious in lacrosse and I just don't see the point.

By: Connor Wilson

Connor Wilson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:42:24 +0000

the use of instant replay has potential to help the game but I don't think that it will help very often. I do NOT want to see instant replay used on face offs. the refs have a duty to just get that as right as they can and follow the rules. Face offs are a dirty business and I think instant replay could really turn that "battle" into a much less enjoyable aspect of the game by making borderline infractions catchable by the electronic eye. Maybe I'm just an old schooler but I like that faceoffs are so down and dirty and that cheating is an art.
If faceoffs are subject to instant replay where will they go next? thumbing the ball? offsides calls on riding attackmen? slashes? who was closer to the line on a shot? instant replay might help get these calls right but using it at all under the above circumstances seems like it would really slow down the game without adding much.
The one area that I think it could be really useful is the goal. when a ball is moving at 100 mph sometimes it is hard to tell if it just hit a pipe or if it went in and hit a pipe and came out. A goal is a goal and they should all be counted. same thing goes if the ball is rolling across the line.
I don't think we're going to see many of these replays and they should institute a similar rule to football where an incorrect challenge costs a team one timeout to discourage a total slow down due to overzealous replays.