# Replay use by officials

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replay-use-by-officials/530634>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 27, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replay-use-by-officials/530634 "2010-02-27T09:22:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replay-use-by-officials/530634/1 "2010-02-27T09:22:46Z")

</div>

Officials using Instant Replay is common in American football and it’s also used sometimes in basketball. In watching the Olympics, I see that hockey officials also can use it (I’m not a hockey fan, so have not seen this before).

Are there any other sports which use it?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replay-use-by-officials/530634/2 "2010-02-27T11:09:52Z")

</div>

Tennis does it better than anyone.

If “photo finish” counts, virtually all racing sports use it as well.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replay-use-by-officials/530634/3 "2010-02-27T15:51:24Z")

</div>

Baseball even started using it recently- though only for disputed home runs

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replay-use-by-officials/530634/4 "2010-02-27T15:56:26Z")

</div>

College B-ball uses to determine if a shot is a 3 pointer or a 2 pointer and to determine how much time is left after a late game whistle.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replay-use-by-officials/530634/5 "2010-02-28T08:02:18Z")

</div>

> [@notfrommensa](#):
>
> College B-ball uses to determine if a shot is a 3 pointer or a 2 pointer and to determine how much time is left after a late game whistle.

Well, yes, I mentioned basketball in the OP. They also use it to determine if a buzzerbeater actually left the player’s hand before time expired. And in a game I saw today, they used it to determine if a ball had hit the rim before the shot clock expired (it hadn’t).

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Dancer\_Flight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dancer_flight/32/7601_2.png) [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replay-use-by-officials/530634/6 "2010-02-28T21:59:47Z")

</div>

The Short Track Speed Skating Officials use it to determine disqualifications

-DF

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replay-use-by-officials/530634/7 "2010-02-28T22:13:31Z")

</div>

It’s been used in cricket for a long time with its use fairly limited initially but it can be used for pretty much anything now.

It’s also used in rugby (league and union.)