The "stop and check" thing is fairly recent in US football (I think), but I saw it in action once during a trip to the US and someone somewhere was watching a game on TV and I saw them stop the game for one. Not only did it really slow up the game, it also seemed like the equivalent of trying to get a court decision overturned out of convenience. I don't know if there's a limit to how many "stop and checks" you can use in a game; otherwise, what's to stop a coach from contesting every call that works against his team?
Personally, I think bad calls are just part of the game, regardless of the sport. People only hate them when it's against their team anyway.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2010-01-18 02:07 pm (UTC)Personally, I think bad calls are just part of the game, regardless of the sport. People only hate them when it's against their team anyway.