saintsfan200

In light of the recent officiating debacle, here are my proposed changes to replay.

1. Coaches get two challenges per half, however if they win the challenge they keep a challenge. There would be exceptions though. Challenges for yardage only, and other nitpicky ones (yardage is only one I can think of right now) would result in a loss of one challenge.

2. Coaches could use 1 of their allotted challenges (per half) for “a penalty challenge�. This again could only used once, - if the coach wins the challenge their challenge amount does not change, but the team loses the ability to challenge penalties for the rest of the half. Obviously, coaches must have at least one challenge left to make a penalty challenge.

The penalty challenge would work as follows:

When challenging for no-call (no flag was thrown, but one should have been) the team challenging must tell the official who the penalty should be on (opposing player, and what penalty occurred).

Teams can also challenge to waive off a called penalty.

Only certain penalties could be challenged (non- nitpicky ones).

The Officials in the booth would decide penalty challenges, not the ones on the field.

3. Under two minutes, control would go to the booth, but if a coach had not used a “penalty challenge� and had at least one challenge left, he could make a penalty challenge.

I really think these changes would help correct mistakes, especially game altering ones. At the same time I think it wouldn’t slow the game down.