Agree with this. It would be instructive to hear the discussions particularly on targeting.

Hell, the booth guy is wrong 50% of the time.

AustinAg2K said:

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All refs should have to wear mics. When the refs huddle up to discuss a call, that conversation should be recorded and made available. During a review, the conversation in the booth should be broadcast. We shouldn't have a "rules expert" explain what we are seeing. We should have the actual people making the call explain what they see. There is no reason to not have visibility to the decision making.

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That's the best suggestion I've seen so far.

Yes , all refs need to be converted away from the Worship of the almighty Forty Acres.

That's a really interesting suggestion and not one that I've seen before.

Didnt the Arena League, or the World Football League or one of those such try this or something similar? One of the best ideas in a long time.

The Refs should not play a role, giving them mics makes it worse.
Football should get rid of replay and refs in the broadcast booth.
The game talks too much about calls and not enough about plays.
All this officiating talk has caused anger and frustration of penalties that are gray area and subjective.

NCAA needs to monitor Ref lifestyles to see if there is corruption and game manipulation.

AustinAg2K said:

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All refs should have to wear mics. When the refs huddle up to discuss a call, that conversation should be recorded and made available. During a review, the conversation in the booth should be broadcast. We shouldn't have a "rules expert" explain what we are seeing. We should have the actual people making the call explain what they see. There is no reason to not have visibility to the decision making.

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"Oh no they're throwing bottles on the field... if we don't change that call we're not going to get paid...it's settled then, reverse the call"

Atreides Ornithopter said:

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Yes , all refs need to be converted away from the Worship of the almighty Forty Acres.

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I think they should be baptized publicly.

Forment Fan said:

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The Refs should not play a role, giving them mics makes it worse.
Football should get rid of replay and refs in the broadcast booth.
The game talks too much about calls and not enough about plays.
All this officiating talk has caused anger and frustration of penalties that are gray area and subjective.

NCAA needs to monitor Ref lifestyles to see if there is corruption and game manipulation.

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Might be the dumbest thing I've read today. Refs are designed to play a role in the game, by enforcing the damn rules. That's literally their job and the point of their existence is to play a role in the game.

That was the most textbook example of targeting on a defenseless receiver I have ever seen that was reviewed and not called

Calls get missed all the time in live action, that's part of the game. It is inexcusable for that call to not be made during a review.

MrWonderful said:

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Forment Fan said:

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The Refs should not play a role, giving them mics makes it worse.
Football should get rid of replay and refs in the broadcast booth.
The game talks too much about calls and not enough about plays.
All this officiating talk has caused anger and frustration of penalties that are gray area and subjective.

NCAA needs to monitor Ref lifestyles to see if there is corruption and game manipulation.

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Might be the dumbest thing I've read today. Refs are designed to play a role in the game, by enforcing the damn rules. That's literally their job and the point of their existence is to play a role in the game.

That was the most textbook example of targeting on a defenseless receiver I have ever seen that was reviewed and not called

Calls get missed all the time in live action, that's part of the game. It is inexcusable for that call to not be made during a review.

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I don't follow you. Are you saying that OP's suggestion is the dumbest thing that you read all day?
Because the rest of your post seems to agree with OP.

AustinAg2K said:

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All refs should have to wear mics. When the refs huddle up to discuss a call, that conversation should be recorded and made available. During a review, the conversation in the booth should be broadcast. We shouldn't have a "rules expert" explain what we are seeing. We should have the actual people making the call explain what they see. There is no reason to not have visibility to the decision making.

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This was my thought yesterday after the game as well

Make the whole process transparent, but then espn can't protect their darling teams for ratings purposes

I like OPs suggestion. I was replying to the post I quoted which was that refs shouldn't play a role in the game, and that less time should be spent talking about officiating.

Forment Fan said:

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The Refs should not play a role, giving them mics makes it worse.
Football should get rid of replay and refs in the broadcast booth.
The game talks too much about calls and not enough about plays.
All this officiating talk has caused anger and frustration of penalties that are gray area and subjective.

NCAA needs to monitor Ref lifestyles to see if there is corruption and game manipulation.

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I agree with this.

The last thing we need is Refs becoming MORE a part of the game. They should be the "silent neutral party". The best games are those where the focus is NOT on the refs. They don't need more air time or a place to share their thoughts.