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Originally Posted by mmm skyscraper
Video replay does not solve everything. The replay official will just take the heat. And it won't stop the game for 30 seconds; they'll have to review every single goal from multiple angles for 5 minutes even if it was clearly a goal in the name of fairness. The replay has made US college football almost unwatchable; they spend a long time disputing a call and then still make the wrong decision:
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I never said it should completely mirror the American football system. It can't because American football is built on game stoppages and soccer is not. Watch a World Cup game and there will be a conclusive replay within a minute of the play in question happening, including off-sides calls. I'm suggesting a quick look to see if there was something egregious going on. American football and soccer are completely different animals.
Plus, refs occasionally don't make the correct call in American football replays but the vast, vast majority of the time, they get them right and you know it.