Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 01, 2022

this is gonna take awhile, better see what else is on TV.

With appeals every play will take 10 years. then again think of the betting opportunities

it’s litigation all the way down.

Field Judge

Is the judge a Republican or Democrat

The NHL has something like this, but all the judges are in Toronto.

I object!

TWEEEET!!! “Roughing the (crooked) judge……… Automatic first down!”

Umps’ road to more tv time and eventual stardom. The Judge Judy of the gridiron.

They need to make room for the head trauma examination clinic.

Well, it was inevitable. Lawyers tend to swarm where the Big Money is, like flies on …

That’s why this is called American Football. In the rest of the world football is a great sport.

“Hash: Come to agreement on something after lengthy and vigorous discussion.”

Bathroom breaks between plays just got a lot more generous.

The appellate court will be on the sidelines, and supreme court in a sky box.

Should have left it a sport instead of making it a business.

Not so far-fetched. One of the reasons that games take four hours now.

Put an AI in charge of the charges…just kidding.

Yup, the game ain’t slow enough as it is

As a former sports official my thinking was always there were three teams on the field. The two playing the game and the officials. All three are attempting to do as good of a job as possible. Mistakes are made by all three that can change the game. Maybe they should give do overs on busted plays, fumbles, interceptions, missed tackles, etc.

Getting lawyers involved always complicates everything.

Back in the middle years of the last century of the last millennium, I participated in sports in my junior high and high school days. We players were taught that “bad calls” were as much a part of the game as helmets, shoulder pads, and goal posts. Some such calls went against us, some benefitted us. While I appreciate wanting to get the call right, I do think that even the officials should have some sort of play-clock, just like the players. If you can’t make up your mind in 30 seconds, the call stands as called. Deal with it.

like american football isn’t boring enough already. A throws to B. B drops it and they spend 4 minutes and a chevy commercial resetting.

look at rugby, the play only stops if there’s a score, the ball goes out of bounds or there are too many bodies on top of the ball to move it. ball hits the ground and it’s who ever gets it first.

(senses incomplete dialogue in this cartoon; wishes to see a future complete complement this one due to its dialogue)

Well done. Official review has gone way overboard In every sport

THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT!!!

My only complaint about watching American football is the wasted time. 7 second play then 4-6 minutes of dead time then a 7 second play etc etc.

This is why international sports have gone more towards cameras and sensors.

And yet they often don’t get it right.

Why there is another hour left AFTER the 2 minute warning.

I am surprised Bill Hinds (Tank McNamara) hasn’t done a strip like this.

With all the concussions in the NFL, we’ll be seeing more of this

It is coming to this, you just wait!

Even if the NFL did this, a football game would still be shorter than a baseball game

What? No jury made up of fans from both teams? How is this entertaining and televisable?

The twelfth person on the field. The only one who plays both offense and defense.

Football doesn’t need Refs, it needs Lawyers. We also need more beer brands to buy commercial time to keep things interesting.

Rugby has also become like this whereby very few refs seem to want to make decisions of their own accord without consulting the TMO.

By strange coincidence, the calls always favored the Red teams in Florida.

In stripes? GOP, day pass

Keith Dibb, 86, is the oldest umpire in the country and has taken charge of around 1,000 matches – but he says he has no plans to hang up his coat!!!

Holy Cow Wiley, don’t give them ideas, please.