I’m a sports fan. During every playoff series of every sport, a bad call is made and people start demanding the use of instant replay. The average baseball game already lasts three hours. I can only imagine how much longer they would be if questionable calls of a strike or a ball were reviewed. Every close play at first base would result in a review. Watching football, I dread the red flag. It stalls the game. It can kill momentum. So I’m proposing the out and out banning of instant replay as an officiating tool.
Next, I’ll push my opinion to the edge and make you all roll your eyes. I personally enjoy sports because I feel that a game/series/season parallels life. First, you are not going to win all of your battles. Sometimes you lose. This doesn’t mean your life is over. You have to get back up and keep fighting another day. It also teaches you never to underestimate anyone. How many times during any season does the worst team in the league beat the best team?
Now, all of this leads to why I hate Instant Replay. In life, many of our advancements or victories are determined by other people. Usually these people are supervisors, management, and owners. How many of us have done something that was misinterpreted by said individual? If your boss thinks you’ve messed up, do you just quit? If a co-worker cheats and gets credit where it isn’t due, do you just quit? Hopefully your answer is “Hell no!” What is sweeter in life than ultimately coming out on top over an opponent that was succeeding because of cheating or dishonesty? Using Instant Replay takes this away. It turns athletes into cry-babies rather than giants that overcame something that wasn’t fair.
Embrace officiating errors. They create drama. Sports are nothing without drama.
2 comments:
You want drama... I got an idea. Cause personally I love instant replay. There is nothing worst then a game loss because some jack ass didnt' call it right. So fine. No instant replay. Better idea. You mess up, as an offical, and its cought after the game. YOUR OUTTA HERE! Carrer ending mistakes. That my friend would be freak'n drama. I'd watch the press confrences where they fire these guys more then the games!
-Joe
www.teammangakitty.com
I'm all for punishing officiating errors beyond the normal error range. The only problem with one error and you're gone is that nobody would be willing to officiate.
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