NCAA Rules & Standards for instant replay/ Bias of Officials

Dec 16, 2006, 1:21 PM

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-09-20-replay-controversy_x.htm

NCAA REPLAY RULES
The NCAA rules regarding instant replay fall under Rule 12 in the 2006 edition ‘Football Rules & Interpretations’. This is the first season a uniform replay system has been applied. The objective of replay is to allow for specific types of officiating calls to be immediately reviewed and, if necessary, corrected. A replay official must have indisputable video evidence for a call on the field to be overturned. No other plays or officiating decisions are reviewable:

Reviewable plays governed by a side line, goal line or an end line include:
a. Scoring plays, including a runner in possession of a live ball breaking the plane of a goal line.
b. A pass ruled complete, incomplete or intercepted at a side line, goal line or an end line.
c. A runner or pass receiver ruled in or out of bounds. If a runner is ruled out of bounds, the play is not reviewable.
d. Recovery of a loose ball in or out of bounds in the field of play or an end zone.
e. A loose ball touching a side line, goal line or an end line.

Reviewable plays involving passes include:
a. A pass ruled complete, incomplete or intercepted anywhere in the field of play or an end zone.
b. A legal forward pass touched by an ineligible receiver.
c. A legal forward pass touched by a defensive player.
d. A fumble ruled on the part of a potential passer. (Note: If the on-field ruling is forward pass and the pass is incomplete, the play is not reviewable.)
e. A forward pass or forward handing ruled when a runner is beyond the line of scrimmage.
f. A forward pass or forward handing ruled after a change of possession.
g. A pass ruled forward or backward when thrown from behind the line of scrimmage. (Exception: If the pass is ruled forward and is incomplete, the play is not reviewable.)

Miscellaneous reviewable plays include:
a. A runner judged to have been not down by rule. (Note: If a runner is ruled down, the play is not reviewable.)
b. A runner's forward progress with respect to a first down.
c. Touching of any type kick by any player.
d. The number of players participating by either team during a live ball.
e. A scrimmage kicker beyond the line of scrimmage when the ball is kicked.
f. Clock adjustment when a ruling on the field is reversed.
g. A fumble recovery by a Team A player during fourth down or a try and before any change of possession.

STANDARDS FOR VIDEO REPLAY
The following text concerning NCAA policies and procedures for video review is provided by the Pacific-10 Conf:
· Objective: To allow for certain specific types of officiating decisions to be immediately reviewed and corrected, if warranted.
· Standard: There must be indisputable video evidence for an on-field officiating decision to be changed by the instant replay official. ... Indisputable video evidence can be described as sufficient, viewable camera angles that provide undeniable proof that a correction to the call is necessary. Also, the play must have direct ... impact on the game to warrant stoppage for review. Instant replay officials will be instructed to err on the side of caution when competition will be directly affected but to refrain from stopping the game any more than necessary. The replay system will not guarantee that all officiating decisions are corrected.
· Source: All reviewable video will come direct from the televised production of the game. In the event the game is not televised on a live or delayed basis, the video will come from the in-house video board prod.
· Replay personnel: Four people will make up the instant replay team — the replay official, who will make all decisions regarding replay; the communicator, who will assist the replay official in obtaining the video replays and with communication; the replay technician, who will be responsible for operating and maintaining the replay equipment; and a sideline assistant, who will assist the referee with communicating with the replay official. All four individuals will be trained and paid by the Pac-10. The replay officials and communicators will be two-man teams of former officials who work together throughout the season and will be assigned by Pac-10 coordinator of football officiating, Verle Sorgen. The replay technicians and sideline assistants will be assigned by each member institution and approved by the conference office.

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