ACC requests use of instant replays

MarineTiger · Jan 10, 2005

http://www.ajc.com/monday/content/epaper/editions/monday/sports_142e3285e3bb20b200ea.html

[font=arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif][size=-1] Grapevine, Texas --- Instant replay reviews could soon become the norm in Division I-A college football. [/size][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif][size=-1] The Big Ten's instant replay experiment in 2004 was so successful that the ACC, the Big East and the Pacific-10 have asked to be allowed to try it this fall. [/size][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif][size=-1] "What we've requested is to either do it on an experimental basis or ask them to push it forward for all of I-A," ACC commissioner John Swofford said. [/size][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif][size=-1] A decision is expected in February. [/size][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif][size=-1] The Big Ten replay reviews could be triggered only by an official in the press box, not by a coach on the field. In 57 games, there were 44 reviews, with the call on the field overturned 21 times. [/size][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif][size=-1]Don't bet on it [/size][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif][size=-1] The NCAA hopes to enlist the Cartoon Network and MTV in its anti-gambling ad campaign. They're watched by the youngsters the NCAA wants to reach and owned by Viacom, which owns CBS, home of the NCAA basketball tournament. [/size][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif][size=-1] Talking with players in college could be too little too late, said Bill Saum, who heads the NCAA's anti-gambling efforts. [/size][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif][size=-1] "We used to believe that we create the problem at the college level," Saum said. "We now believe that the gamblers are coming to us from the high school level." [/size][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif][size=-1] "It's more widespread than I ever would have imagined," said Georgia athletics director Damon Evans, who's on a committee implementing the NCAA's anti-gambling agenda. [/size][/font]
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Seabriscut · Jan 10, 2005

What does instant replays have to do with gambling?

Good step in my opinion. I think all conferences should have the instant replays...why not make sure a call is right?

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