NFL owners approve minor changes to instant replay
NFL owners approved minor changes to the replay system on Tuesday in a meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
Most of the amendments are administrative in nature. The Baltimore Ravens proposed earlier this year that the system be overhauled to allow the majority of plays to be reviewed, but that gained no traction.
Instead, the additions made include only allowing officials to use replay to double-check penalty enforcement, confirm the proper down and spot of a foul, as well as status of the game clock.
On-field officials can also now communicate with members of the NFL officiating department in New York during replay review of those administrative issues. However, officials are not to speak with officials in league offices about judgment calls.
The league first instituted the field-to-New York communication during the playoffs earlier this year; that is now allowed during the regular season.
All of these changes, minor though they may be, will be in effect for the 2016 season.
You can read the full proposal and wording of the changes here.
