On Monday, the NBA announced an expansion to its instant replay review system to allow for officials to call fouls that “should” have been called while reviewing out-of-bounds calls. Under this new system, referees will be allowed to retroactively hand out fouls when reviewing slow-motion replays, even if they weren’t called on the floor.
This is a disaster.
This new rule — intended to end moments where fans at home are watching the instant replay for an out-of-bounds call and say to themselves “oh that was such an obvious foul!” about a play that led to the ball going out off an opposing player — will do nothing
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