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  • Originally posted by Jimjamesak View Post
    Of course Kepler keeps his “Old Man yells at cloud” routine going. Replay is a fine tool and a helpful tool but, like everything else in life, not perfect. Though that’s no reason to ban it outright.
    The reason to ban it outright is that it ruins the live product. The only sport I've seen get it right is tennis, ironically. Soccer's goal line tech is ok, but the offside and card replays are as bad as the NFLs.

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    • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

      Originally posted by Jimjamesak View Post
      Because you sound like a Trump supporter with your “things were simpler back in the day!” attitude.
      But that isn't my point. My point is we should pick and choose what advantages technology provides us. I am not a Luddite. I love analytics. I love streaming and high definition. I love that I can literally watch -- not just listen but watch -- every Cornell hockey game from my mother's, er, my basement.

      Replay began as a cool TV feature (on MNF IINM). Then it began to expose that calls were blown. This became so egregious that now we are 98% down the VAR path.

      I am standing athwart history yelling Stop! We can choose to do sports any way we like. Sports are an artificial human creation. I am recommending that we eliminate replay -- eliminate recapitulation -- and deliberately watch and enjoy in the moment. The way the game is now it is an examination of past events. This colors even the present -- we don't watch as closely because there's always replay. Every moment of joy has a tinge of "what if this is reversed?" This perfecting of officiating is destroying the sport.

      What we have now is music where when somebody plays a wrong note we stop, have a 2 minute review, and then replay that phrase. Let there be wrong notes! Having it be spontaneous is more important than getting every single call right.

      You may disagree with me but I don't deserve the flippant Abe Simpson reference. What I am arguing is substantial and deserves consideration.
      Last edited by Kepler; 10-16-2019, 09:00 AM.
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      • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
        But that isn't my point. My point is we should pick and choose what advantages technology provides us. I am not a Luddite. I love analytics. I love streaming and high definition. I love that I can literally watch -- not just listen but watch -- every Cornell hockey game from my mother's, er, my basement.

        Replay began as a cool TV feature (on MNF IINM). Then it began to expose that calls were blown. This became so egregious that now we are 98% down the VAR path.

        I am standing athwart history yelling Stop! We can choose to do sports any way we like. Sports are an artificial human creation. I am recommending that we eliminate replay -- eliminate recapitulation -- and deliberately watch and enjoy in the moment. The way the game is now it is an examination of past events. This colors even the present -- we don't watch as closely because there's always replay. Every moment of joy has a tinge of "what if this is reversed?" This perfecting of officiating is destroying the sport.

        What we have now is music where when somebody plays a wrong note we stop, have a 2 minute review, and then replay that phrase. Let there be wrong notes! Having it be spontaneous is more important than getting every single call right.

        You may disagree with me but I don't deserve the flippant Abe Simpson reference. What I am arguing is substantial and deserves consideration.
        You get a flippant Abe Simpson reference because you deserve a flippant Abe Simpson reference. Wanting to ban replay outright is as ridiculous as wanting to ban the forward pass because the running game needs to be saved, it’s a ridiculous and fantastical idea. Replay is a natural evolution of the game and a useful tool to officials. Your attitude reeks of “I don’t like what sports is becoming because it’s new and different, why can’t we just go back to how it was?!?”

        Officiating advances just like any other aspect of a sport. Better whistles are developed to be heard over loud crowds, wireless headsets to better communicate, using microphones to communicate calls to the crowd and tv audience, adding officials on the field, changing the positions of officials on the field, and this is just the NFL. This isn’t stopping to correct a wrong note, it’s not allowing the musician to look at the sheet music.
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        But let's be real...There are 40 some other teams and only two alaskan teams...the day one of us wins something big will be the day I transfer to UAA
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        • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

          Originally posted by Kepler View Post

          You may disagree with me but I don't deserve the flippant Abe Simpson reference. What I am arguing is substantial and deserves consideration.
          Yes, you do actually. To your second point, no it doesn't deserve consideration for anybody who doesn't have the free time in their day that you have to concoct these long winded posts that go nowhere.

          Now tell us again about that time you went to Shelbyville with an onion attached to your belt because that was the fashion at the time.
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          • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

            Originally posted by Rover View Post
            Yes, you do actually. To your second point, no it doesn't deserve consideration for anybody who doesn't have the free time in their day that you have to concoct these long winded posts that go nowhere.

            Now tell us again about that time you went to Shelbyville with an onion attached to your belt because that was the fashion at the time.
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            You've got 16k posts here too. Aint like you have anything better to do either...

            Let's face it. If any of us mattered in the slightest -- to our jobs, to our spouses, to God -- we wouldn't be on the Cafe at all. "Abandon all pretense ye who enter here."
            Last edited by Kepler; 10-16-2019, 10:05 AM.
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            • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

              Originally posted by Jimjamesak View Post
              You get a flippant Abe Simpson reference because you deserve a flippant Abe Simpson reference. Wanting to ban replay outright is as ridiculous as wanting to ban the forward pass because the running game needs to be saved, it’s a ridiculous and fantastical idea. Replay is a natural evolution of the game and a useful tool to officials. Your attitude reeks of “I don’t like what sports is becoming because it’s new and different, why can’t we just go back to how it was?!?”
              1. You had a misconception of my attitude.

              2. I corrected you with one of my best Long Winded Posts That Go Nowhere (TM).

              3. You responded by ignoring everything I said and just went back to your hobbyhorse.

              You're not making an argument; you're emitting noises emotionally. Your response to a dissenting opinion is "hurr, that's gay!" There is no point in debating with you and there are plenty of other people here who are honestly discussing this.
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              • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                You've got 16k posts here too. Aint like you have anything better to do either...

                Let's face it. If any of us mattered in the slightest we wouldn't be here all.
                Wait, what? Am I really the only highly connected billionaire power broker here? You guys sure had me fooled.....
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                • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

                  Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
                  Wait, what? Am I really the only highly connected billionaire power broker here? You guys sure had me fooled.....
                  Shh... I think I've got him buffalloed. Let's meet on your yacht tonight and discuss it. joe will bring the infant for the sacrifice to Baphomet; Scooby will bring the tapas.
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                  • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

                    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    Shh... I think I've got him buffalloed. Let's meet on your yacht tonight and discuss it. joe will bring the infant for the sacrifice to Baphomet; Scooby will bring the tapas.
                    I can bring dessert. How about chocolate cake?
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                    • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

                      Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                      Shh... I think I've got him buffalloed. Let's meet on your yacht tonight and discuss it. joe will bring the infant for the sacrifice to Baphomet; Scooby will bring the tapas.
                      I wouldn't eat anything Scooby brings if I were you. Its probably laced with broken glass and touch sensitive explosives given his outlook on the world..
                      Legally drunk???? If its "legal", what's the ------- problem?!? - George Carlin

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                      • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                        1. You had a misconception of my attitude.

                        2. I corrected you with one of my best Long Winded Posts That Go Nowhere (TM).

                        3. You responded by ignoring everything I said and just went back to your hobbyhorse.

                        You're not making an argument; you're emitting noises emotionally. Your response to a dissenting opinion is "hurr, that's gay!" There is no point in debating with you and there are plenty of other people here who are honestly discussing this.
                        Wow, what a dismissive and insulting attitude Kepler, **** you too buddy.

                        I am honestly discussing this with you, you just don’t like what I’m saying: Replay is a natural evolution of the sport.
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                        Originally posted by UAFIceAngel
                        But let's be real...There are 40 some other teams and only two alaskan teams...the day one of us wins something big will be the day I transfer to UAA
                        Originally posted by Doyle Woody
                        Best sign by a visting Seawolf fan Friday went to a young man who held up a piece of white poster board that read: "YOU CAN'T SPELL FAILURE WITHOUT UAF."

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                        • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

                          Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
                          I can bring dessert. How about chocolate cake?
                          Could you do cupcakes of the 72 sigils of Goetia?

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                          • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

                            Originally posted by Rover View Post
                            I wouldn't eat anything Scooby brings if I were you. Its probably laced with broken glass and touch sensitive explosives given his outlook on the world..
                            The explosives would be Flag, along with the nascent iodine.
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                            • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

                              Originally posted by Kepler View Post

                              Let's face it. If any of us mattered in the slightest -- to our jobs, to our spouses, to God -- we wouldn't be on the Cafe at all. "Abandon all pretense ye who enter here."
                              GreatLakerMohawk being the prime example
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                              • Re: NFL 2019-20: We'll Just Talk About Our Fantasy Teams Again....

                                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                                Let's face it. If any of us mattered in the slightest -- to our jobs, to our spouses, to God -- we wouldn't be on the Cafe at all. "Abandon all pretense ye who enter here."
                                Hey now, my mom says I'm the coolest kid in school.

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                                Rover Frenchy, Classic! Great post.
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                                Miss Thundercat That's it, you win.
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                                DisplacedCornellian Hahaha. Thread over. Frenchy wins.

                                Test to see if I can add this.

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