With that said, it's fair to ask whether a 'batted ball' should be considered a judgment call. The word 'judgment,' in fact, appears 10 times in MLB's replay review regulations. A manager can challenge whether a runner was safe at first but not whether a batter checked his swing or whether a pitch should have been a strike. Its system allows review for a host of plays but expressly protects judgment calls. That philosophy is no different than Major League Baseball's, for example. 'We try to stay away from subjective fouls, and this being one of them,' NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino said Monday night on the NFL Network. That means for at least the rest of the 2015 season, a batted ball penalty - called or uncalled - is not subject to NFL review. Most owners and league officials are adamant against employing it to review judgment calls, instead relegating replays for the purpose of correcting only the most obvious mistakes of sight or timing. Much like other sports leagues, the NFL has drawn a philosophical limitation on what it uses replay for. The answer remained simple if infuriating Tuesday morning as Detroit Lions fans reeled and the rest of the football world struggled to understand what a 'batted ball' is.

The question has been asked, in a formal way, as recently as this spring: Why doesn't the NFL make each and every play subject to its replay review system? The New England Patriots in fact proposed - and had dismissed - a rule change to that exact point during the 2015 owners meeting. Why the NFL won't review all plays - including batted balls You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser

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