Earlier in the offseason, it sounded as though there was a lot of support for the idea of adding an eighth official, a proverbial ‘sky judge’ as the XFL had, to officiating crews on game day, who would be positioned in a booth with monitors and would be able to consult with the on-field officials in order to have an extra set of eyes and the ability to review plays, in the hopes of getting things right the ‘first’ time.
Yet when the Competition Committee finally put out its own proposals for rules consideration for May’s owners meetings, there was no mention of such in their own recommendations.