Sheil Kapadia

And just to clarify for people who are new to this, like, uh, I am in wrapping my head around it, what Lindsay's saying, there's the one rule is in place regardless of who's officiating games.

And that's that replay officials in New York, they're going to have the authority to disqualify a player, uh,

and direct that a penalty be enforced, even if the officials on the field didn't see it.

But that's where the serious flagrant or non-flagrant football acts like Lindsay was explaining there.

So that's happening regardless.

That's happening in 2026, regardless of who the refs are.

But the other thing that the NFL is trying to push is that this isn't going to be like the replacement refs.

of 2012.

They're saying, we didn't get those refs ready until, I forget, it was July or August where we realized, hey, we're going to need these replacement refs.

It was too late.

Now they're saying, May 1st, if we don't have a deal, we're starting to prepare these replacement refs from college, bringing them up

and they're going to have more time, and they're going to be ready to officiate these games.

In addition to that, we're going to have this centralized, you know, officiating hub in New York City that will be properly staffed where those people in that office... Again, what a terrible way to watch a game, Lindsay, honestly.

Like, just, you know, I love New York.

Being in New York's great, but being...

First of all, you're in New York.

So this is the last thing I would want to be doing if I was in New York.

And then it's like, if you're watching a football game, this is the last way I would want to watch a football game.

But these are officials watching a football game in the office.

And if they see something that is, quote, clear and obvious, it could be roughing the passer.