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CFL to allow coaches to challenge pass interference calls

By Josh Hill

Dec. 23, 2012; Glendale, AZ, USA: Detailed view of a red coaches challenge flag on the field during the game between the Arizona Cardinals against the Chicago Bears at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Bears defeated the Cardinals 28-13. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Dec. 23, 2012; Glendale, AZ, USA: Detailed view of a red coaches challenge flag on the field during the game between the Arizona Cardinals against the Chicago Bears at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Bears defeated the Cardinals 28-13. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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    • The CFL is progressively moving towards an easier system of officiating games and has ruled that instant replay is more valuable than we’re allowing it to be. In America, you can’t challenge a pass interference call but that’s changing in Canada.

    According to Metroland Media’s Our Windsor, the CFL is making a bold move that puts it ahead of the NFL in terms of progression. Next season, unlike in the NFL, plays that involve critical pass interference calls will be subject to instant replay and could be reserved to benefit either sideline.

    "This season, the Canadian Football League becomes the first football league to subject pass interference to video review. Coaches may challenge both penalty calls and calls that weren’t made.“It’s such a big penalty,” says Glen Johnson, the CFL’s new vice-president of officiating. “It’s the only penalty where we (take the ball) to the spot on the field where the penalty took place, and that can really have an impact on the game, especially near the end.”"

    It’s a move that many are hoping the NFL is paying attention to as the reason why pass interference can’t be challenged in the NFL is beyond ridiculous. There really isn’t a good reason for it, but if the CFL has even a mildly successful season with reviewing pass interference calls, then there will more than likely be a swift push to get such a rule instated into the NFL rulebook.

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