Originally Posted by
chazoe60
Pass interference is ruining this game. It is ridiculous when a ref completely blows a call like just happened in the Bears/Jets game (I'm rooting for the Bears BTW so this isn't a bias thing) and the offense is rewarded with 50 yards. It's sickening how this single penalty is allowed to alter games so consistently, especially since it's so often called wrong. The Seahawks get away with murder while most other teams can't breathe on a WR wrong. It's total horse shit.
My ideas:
1. Make two different PI calls, intentional and unintentional. Unintentional will be a 10 yard penalty while intentional would be a spot foul. Intentional would be for when a guy just tackles an open WR in an attempt to save a TD. Unintentional should make up 90% of the calls IMHO it would have to be very obvious to be deemed intentional.
2. A ref watching the game on a TV feed should be allowed to overrule bad PI calls. Everyone watching can tell within seconds if something really was PI or not, so a trained unbiased observer in the refs ear saying "call it" or "don't call it" shouldn't interfere with the game much at all.
It's so frustrating watching a game and cringing with every long pass thinking here comes the bogus PI.