Should the NFL make a rule that would allow penalties to be reviewed by instant replay?

 The conventional thought is that penalties cannot be reviewed, because the replays would cause too many interruptions to the games.  It has also been said that it is not possible to review a judgement call.

However, who’s judgement would you trust more, a person that makes a call in a split second in real speed while under intense pressure, or perhaps that same official having a chance to look at the play again in slow motion with far less distractions?

It doesn’t seem necessary to have every penalty reviewed, but it also doesn’t seem fair to have a team get flagged for a phantom 50 yard pass interference play in a key moment in the game. 

Perhaps, the NFL could adopt a system similar to the one they use now in the final two minutes of each half.  The replay booth can call down to the officials on penalties that appear to be bad calls in key situations.  Then the officials could take a look at the replay to determine if the penalty should still be enforced.

There is a lot to debate on this topic, but one point that cannot be argued is that the human error will occur far more often at real speed than in slow motion. Bottom line, penalties play a huge role in football games, and what is wrong with coming up with a system that will help get more of the calls right?

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