Poll Shows Instant Replay May Be Discontinued
A poll of the NFL’s 28 teams shows instant replay may be discontinued in March when team owners cast their votes over using the system next season, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Sunday.
Four NFL clubs say they plan to vote against it, and five others say it will take a convincing presentation by the league’s competition committee to keep them from doing the same, the newspaper said.
Eight negative votes would bring the league’s one-year instant replay experiment to an end.
The survey showed 10 teams favor continuing the use of instant replay while 14 said they are undecided and 4 said they will vote against it.
The four teams that oppose continuing the program are the Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals.
The five that are leaning toward voting against instant replay are the Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks.
The competition committee, chaired by Dallas Cowboys President Tex Schramm, will review the system and present its findings at the league owners meeting March 15-20 in Hawaii.
The experimental use of instant replay was approved last year at the owners meeting by a 23-4 vote with 1 abstention.
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