Good article on what I'm talking about...
http://www.nbcsports.com/joe-posnanski/upon-further-review-instant-replay-takes-away-immediacy-sport
"Every now and again, I watch an old game on one of the various networks that play old games. You probably do that, too. Do you notice how different it was then? We used to cheer when someone extraordinary happened. Someone scored a fantastic touchdown in the corner of the end zone, someone hit a home run the umpire ruled fair, someone made a shot at the buzzer and the referee called it good, and we went crazy because it was done. There was a finality to the cheers and a finality to the boos too.
That finality is foreign to us now. Almost nothing that happens on the field is real anymore. We can cheer when the double play is complete, but only halfheartedly. Its not done yet. The manager can challenge. The umpire will review. Everything is upon further review
And, yeah, I guess I do feel nostalgic for that feeling of finality. The NCAA tournament this year was encumbered by long reviews. It was hard to watch. Imagine how long it would have taken officials to review the Christian Laettner shot in Duke against Kentucky.
Verne Lundquists famous call: Theres the pass to Laettner. Puts it up. YESSSSSSS!!!
Verne Lundquists call today: Theres the pass to Laettner. Puts it up. Yes. Now lets see if it counts.
I do wonder if this is part of the reason why more and more Americans are turning to soccer. Theres no doubt international soccer has countless quirks that can seem off to our American minds - the timekeeping is bizarre, the one referee running around on the pitch seems overmatched, the diving makes it hard to determine what is a foul and what is not.
But the games are brisk, and they last less than two hours in real time, nobody stops for commercials and the referees calls are final. Maybe we miss some of that stuff. The officials do seem to miss plenty of offside and penalty calls, and non-calls seem suspect at best. But in exchange for a few disputed calls we get a game that beats and breathes in real time.
Ive asked a lot of real soccer fans if they would want replay to look at these offsides and penalty calls - you know, get more of them right. I havent yet heard one who would make the trade."