Every sports fan has been there. It’s the last minute of a game. The intensity is high. You long ago left the edge of your seat to franticly pace. Then the ball gets tipped out of bounds, it moves a fraction of an inch in the receiver’s hands, or hands got mixed in with the headers. Just like that, the momentum has stopped and the referees are huddled around a video monitor watching the play from every angle.
Video review has taken on a larger role in sporting events in the past few of years. On one hand, getting the call right is imperative.