"We failed. I’m first in line. I shared that [with league officials]. I failed, as the leader of that department. I failed. We cannot allow that to happen again. What did we learn from that? We’ve got to do our due diligence. You can’t rush and just shove something in there without knowing all the consequences. And we found that out last year, live and in action, publicly."
Coaches would challenge plays that were obvious and officials would up hold the call, almost like they were rebelling. There was a cry from the league to hold officials accountable.
Vincent's response suggests he's against the idea. "They [officials] should be faceless objects, managing and facilitating game flow."
So the league came up with another Idea. Have a guy watch the game and look for missed calls.
“The concept of the eighth man in the booth has some merit, But we just don’t have the pipeline [of officials] today. Can we get there? Yes. But today, it could be a challenge.”
The problem is the officials don't want to challenge officials. So it's doubtful if this passes Thursday, that it will work.
There needs to be someone that works independently of the officials, that can be bipartisan if the league wants to make this work. If the rule gets passed, it's not likely to take effect until 2021.
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