Good, sometimes a bad call in the first half makes you burn your challenge early when you didn’t have to.
Simple as thatThey should follow the JVG rule: teams keep their challenge until they lose it.
If that were the case, then the challenges would clearly be needed because it would mean referees were getting every call wrong initially.I'm all for keeping it of you win. If The downside of keeping a challenge until you lose it is teams potentially have the ability to challenge every call. How long will that make the game, especially at the end.
Some things should be subject to interpretation during the flow of the game, and not upon some debate.
That’s too punitive. Imagine a team loses a game by 1 off a bad challenge call. The media would eat the coach alive, now imagine it’s a playoff game.If that were the case, then the challenges would clearly be needed because it would mean referees were getting every call wrong initially.
Maybe they should give out technical fouls for unsuccesful challenges so that teams only challenge when they're really certain.
Aw damn, so what is Jeff Van Gundy gonna talk about now when he's on TV?
Yea, but they're not gonna win 5 challenges in a row. That's the gambleI'm all for keeping it of you win. However The downside of keeping a challenge until you lose it is teams potentially have the ability to challenge every call. How long will that make the game, especially at the end.
Some things should be subject to interpretation during the flow of the game, and not upon some debate.
If that were the case, then the challenges would clearly be needed because it would mean referees were getting every call wrong initially.
Maybe they should give out technical fouls for unsuccesful challenges so that teams only challenge when they're really certain.