It was a fickle issue last month at the National Federation of State High School Associations meetings last week:
Instant replay.
The NFL uses it successfully. To a lesser degree, the NBA, college basketball and college football have mostly succeeded with it.
In high school parlance, however, it was “No thanks,” as the committtee rejected an instant-replay proposal during state tournaments which came on the heels of three states having titles decided at the buzzer.
It was a wise decision. There was no way it could be made affordable or available at every venue in every state.
Balls, strikes, outs, fair/foul balls, traveling (though we all know that’s never called), line calls and fouls are all about “objective” judgements, and they should be.
For and against are part of the game. So, too, is human error. It’s part of life in circumstances way beyond sports.
Machines shouldn’t run the high school sports world. Kids’ lives, futures or jobs aren’t at stake.
