Dean Blandino

So one of the things about football is, you know, as you know, that it's momentum and flow and those types of things.

And if you have a lot of stops and starts, that can negatively impact the game.

But yeah, there will be the command center would be more involved if we do have replacement refs.

No, no question.

And we went back.

I mean, I was at the league office back in 1998 when when we knew that we were going to bring replay back and we brought it back for the 99 season.

And I remember George Young, who was Hall of Fame general manager, you know, a person that was very important in the NFL.

And he said it, you know, he said, you know, once we go down this path, we're never going to pull back.

We're just going to expand.

And we're going to continue to grow and grow and grow.

And I think that's where we are with this technology, that the technology is great.

And we want to get calls right.

But at what cost to the overall health of the game?

Whereas, look, the game's played by humans.

It's coached by humans.

It's officiated by humans.

And that human element is so important.

And do you want to have that kind of

That robotic big brother type after every call.

I don't think that would be a game that we would all enjoy watching.