One more thing, don't you find it hypocritical that in some cases only 1 referee or judge can make a decision on a play without consultation. I.e., the line judge (same guy) that called Jack out of bounds last year at Minnesota. No matter if that was the right call or wrong call, that one guy had the ability to make a call and everyone else had to stick by it. Conversely, like Cooper's play, you had 3 referees that made a judgement call that it was not an invalid fair catch, yet, one guy could over-turn them all. Especially the back judge, that is literally his job, he has nothing else to do there while the ball is in the air.
Which brings up the intent of video replay in the first place. The intent was to utilize technology in those cases where there was not a referee present or was blocked from view. It was not to "correct" officials and there is a difference. In this case, we had an official that had a specific job and he did not blow it dead and was in perfect position. That alone, by intent, would constitute it not reviewable because that guy let it play on because that is the right call, you either blow it dead right there or you let it go, but that judgement at that time stands. I understand the out of bounds thing, there are a lot of bodies there and it was close but they did the right thing as well by not blowing the play dead in anticipation, unlike what O'Dey did last year on Jack's pick 6.
I would be pissed if I was a member of that officiating crew because every one of them did their jobs correctly, except the head referee. And all of them now look really bad for being a part of it.
