<---Patting himself on the back invites readers to go back to the original thread where he points out that the network replays probably didn't show the correct infraction. They concentrated on the play in the end zone instead of the line. I told my wife that the second time they ran the replay.
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...l&pagenumber=2
(long post several down from the top of page 2)
quote:
"Here are my thoughts, for what they,re worth, and the word "replay" looms large in my consideration. First, as many of you know, a large part of my career over the past thirty-five years was directing live sports events from local TV stations to NFL games on NBC Sports -- so I speak from some degree expertise on the following:
I think that the ABC production crew really blew the call. When the first ground level end zone replay came up, I thought that the official made a questionable call. When the second one was played, I said to my wife, "Wait a minute, that wasn't what he called -- the foul was at the beginning of the replay, not the end." I think, and the quote from Field Judge Porter above would seem to confirm my feeling, that the call was holding/defensive interference earlier in the play. Unfortunately, the TV replays all concentrated on the very end of the play. That's always the natural assumption, and in the split second world of the live TV truck, sometimes errors are made.
Remember that interference can happen anytime the ball is in the air. Holding can happen anytime. It appeared to me that as the replay(s) began, the defender was clearly holding/interfering with the receiver.
I sure wish I had recorded the game so I could go back and look again.
Just an educated observation for whatever it's worth."
(this bold type added 7-17-03 in response to new thread)
I guess that comes from directing football for TV for 30+ years.