NFL Challange rule

[golfer]

Originally Posted by jms62

Absolutely absurd that you get rocked with a penalty AND lose the automatic review of a TD when you throw the challange flag. They are reveiwing it anyway so what is the point, you are not delaying the game anymore then it was being delayed in the first place.

I was just reading about that on ESPN.com. It might be the craziest, stupidest rule I have ever heard of.

Bill Parcells was always against the use of instant replay, not because he was against changing incorrect calls, but because of the extra responsibility it forced on head coaches. This is a perfect example of the absurdity.