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Pass interference has been football’s strike zone.
In other words, for officials, a cockeyed combination of Joyce, Faulkner, Jabberwocky, Dali and whatever goes into a cheap hot dog.
Everyone getting paid to call them turns many into Blue Book tests. They have their own interpretation of what really shouldn’t need to be interpreted.
Baseball talks about the robotic strike zone and could be forced to go to it. Maybe it wouldn’t have to if it held every single ump accountable to call the same strike zone — or else find other employers who don’t care about obstinance and failing eyesight.