“Though replay review improves football by reducing officiating errors, nobody seems happy with the current system. Bill Barker of Lincoln, Neb., writes, “Wouldn’t it make more sense to have a replay official who isn’t viewing the game at all? Sitting in a central office somewhere, not even at the stadium. He could be buzzed when there is a play in question and only told what issue needs to be resolved — not how it was called on the field. If he thinks the result of the play is clear, he says what it should be. If he can’t make a clear decision either way based on what he sees, he tells the referee at the game to let the call on the field stand — however it was called. “By removing the replay official from the game and not allowing him to know how officials on the field called the play, you remove any bias he may feel from viewing the original play, knowing the momentum of the game, hearing the home crowd reaction and from his desire not to overrule his fellow officials working the game. If he feels he can make a definitive call based solely on what he sees, he does. If he can’t, the play stands. And no viewing over and over for several minutes — a quick look and it’s either obvious and he rules that way, or he tells the officials to let the call stand.”