Lakers News: NBA Makes Significant Change To Replay Review System https://t.co/kcbnRQ8txl via @lakersnation
— LakerTom (@LakerTom) September 10, 2024
The NBA announced that the league’s Board of Governors voted and approved a significant change to the replay review system that will affect the Los Angeles Lakers and all other teams this season and beyond.
Under the new rules, there will be an expanded use of the Coach’s Challenge when reviewing out-of-bounds violations. If a coach challenges an out-of-bounds call, the on-court officials and Replay Center will be able to review the video to determine whether a foul proximate to the violation should have been called.
The factors that will be considered in determining whether a prior uncalled foul is proximate to the out-of-bounds violation include whether the players involved in the uncalled foul are the same or different players than the ones involved in the out-of-bounds violation under review, the distance between the uncalled foul and the out-of-bounds violation under review and the time elapsed between the uncalled foul and the out-of-bounds violation under review.
So essentially, if a coach challenge a ball out of bounds and they see that it went out because of a foul that went uncalled, they can now go back and award the foul to get the call correct.
Automatic technical foul everytime a player makes the twirling finger replay sign…lol. But for real, take the refs out of the equation once it goes to replay; just let the command center make the call at that point. Would save a ton of time and minimize slowing down the flow of the game. Probably a ref’s union thing though….
The delays are infuriating, especially when they still get the call wrong. Effing difficult sport to referee, especially when the rules for regular season and playoffs are totally different.
lol, please. I hate the twirly finger…