It's farily easy to review incidents from professional sports leagues that record and televise their games. It is however, more difficult in the minor leagues, as more often than not, the only video being taken is by the home team's AV person. However, in the modern age, we have video cameras on our smartphones that are in some cases every bit as good as standard movie film. And the teams are beginning to use it to their advantage. This week we received three recorded incidents, including one submission of multiple fouls by a particular player. The video really helped us put the incidents into context. For example, the player who committed multiple fouls appeared to actually be running around the field trying to cause a fight. He is seen multiple times instigating a reaction from an opponent. We even caught one incident missed by the referree because of our ability to slow down the footage in a real-time play.
We may well be able to incorporate the use of video next season in our red card reporting.
We may well be able to incorporate the use of video next season in our red card reporting.