There are a couple of ways of looking at the replay-review controversy that swirled around the Pac-12 this past week, when it was discovered that a “third party” was involved in judging — and changing — a targeting play/call in the Washington State-USC game a few weeks ago.
One is that it was a simple screw-up by the league, with a policy that was too ambiguous to appear above reproach as it was examined further. A mistake that could happen to any process in any league. A mistake that would be corrected and improved upon in the weeks ahead.