No system will ever be perfect, and that includes replay. Replay has a distinct disadvantage when compared to using humans. First, cameras don't usually move around; they're fixed in one place; they can't anticipate what's going to happen. While humans shouldn't make it a habit of anticipating every play because things don't always turn out the way humans expect them to, humans do have instinct and experience. Cameras are away from the action and even zooming in isn't going to help much. Second, television is two dimensional. Humans see things in three dimensions and are better able to determine what happened.One of the reasons replay in the NFL didn't work out that well was so many calls that were referred to the replay official came back with "inconclusive." As a sports official myself (baseball), I believe that replay would actually cause officials not to try very hard to be in position for every play. Why? Why worry too much about getting into position when you can go to the tape? And who's to decide what should and should not be subject to replay? Again, the official is right there, he has the angle; the camera is most likely going to be out of position and it won't be right there, even with zoom. But why stop with allowing officials to use replay? When are we going to start demanding that players be replaced by robots that could play the game flawlessly? I think we're losing sight of the fact we're humans and it's just a game. Officials are no more responsible for "blowing" games than the players are. It would very refreshing to ask a player who criticizes an official why he missed that easy pass that could have resulted in a goal. _____________________________________________________________________ Ryan Robbins "Nothing in fine print is ever good news." University of Maine -- Andy Rooney _____________________________________________________________________ [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________