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Message: [QUOTE="Jim, post: 4612639, member: 1492"] Another way to improve things is to adopt a "coaches' flag" type rule. Allow coaches to request the review of any play at the cost of one of their timeouts. The refs can go to the monitor, see what transpired (in slow motion if necessary), and either make or reverse a call as appropriate. With three refs reviewing things, individual bias gets minimized. If a reviewed play gets called in favor of the coach who threw the flag, he/she gets the timeout back. In addition, with the technology now available, you could have an arbitrating ref not physically located in the arena. There could be a team of arbitrating refs on call to decide whenever one of the special reviews take place. At the cost of a timeout, there should not be that much extra time to do the review and get the call right. [/QUOTE]