This is a response to an e-mail regarding one of the worst calls ever:
I do not feel I am the only crusader for replay. Not only fans, but coaches have asked for it. I do think I’ve been consistent about this issue from way back when (before replay), as I feel very strongly that injustices as they relate to sports are allowed to stand even when everyone knows it’s an injustice and it could have been reversed (ex: the perfect game). I don’t want my teams winning on bad calls. Not only is it tainted (ex: 2005 Sox), but it is completely unfair to the other team. Replay in the Favre years, used the way I’d use it, gives him 8 championships with the Packers and 1 with the Vikes. Would the Cubs have won in everyone’s mind in 69, 70, 73, and 2003? Yes. Would the 2005 Sox have been in trouble? Yes. I could go on. That play is not the beginning of the vindication of replay–it is just one of the many terrible calls that are made by officials who do their best that cost a team a game and gave another team a game. These calls happen over and over in every sport. This one was just an extreme. The result was no worse than the result from many other bad calls. I understand that people don’t want games held up every 5 minutes for replays, but there is a far better system than what they have. Restricting a coach OF ONE OF MY TEAMS to ONLY TWO CHALLENGES (I know it would be three) in a game is a crime. Looking at history, my coach could be out of challenges before the National Anthem is over.