{"id":504813,"date":"2022-10-29T21:15:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T18:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gene-steratore-not-afraid-to-provide-truth-about-reviews\/"},"modified":"2022-10-29T21:15:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T18:15:36","slug":"gene-steratore-not-afraid-to-provide-truth-about-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gene-steratore-not-afraid-to-provide-truth-about-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gene Steratore not afraid to provide truth about reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3718045bd71\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3718045bd71\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gene-steratore-not-afraid-to-provide-truth-about-reviews\/#%E2%80%9CGene_Steratore_not_afraid_to_provide_truth_about_reviews%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Gene Steratore not afraid to provide truth about reviews&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gene-steratore-not-afraid-to-provide-truth-about-reviews\/#Dont_expect_Eagle_to_fly_too_close_to_NCAA_sun\" >Don\u2019t expect Eagle to fly too close to NCAA sun<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gene-steratore-not-afraid-to-provide-truth-about-reviews\/#Good_guys_dont_make_highlights\" >Good guys don\u2019t make highlights<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGene_Steratore_not_afraid_to_provide_truth_about_reviews%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Gene Steratore not afraid to provide truth about reviews&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/phil-mushnick.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Phil Mushnick\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/phil-mushnick.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/phil-mushnick.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Gene Steratore, CBS\u2019s resident football and basketball referee emeritus, has an unusual gig. He tries to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly sense to the ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>And, unlike so many <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> analysts assigned to talk us into a Thanksgiving Day turkey-induced soporific trance, when he speaks, I listen.<\/p>\n<p>Those who have tracked and trekked the path of replay reviews \u2014 once known as \u201cinstant replay reviews\u201d until the \u201cinstant\u201d became a matter of wishful folly \u2014 know that such rules in all sports are rarely applied as originally intended, which was, sing it together, children:<\/p>\n<p>To correct indisputably rotten calls.<\/p>\n<p>Thus replay rules exist and persist as often nothing better than second opinions, a chance to change \u201cperhaps\u201d to final-decision \u201cmaybe\u201d \u2014 following slow-motioned, freeze-framed, microscopically examined and enlarged evidence.<\/p>\n<p>How did our sports survive before it?<\/p>\n<p>That these rules, so misapplied, both change and stop games cold don\u2019t matter to those in charge who now, search \u2014 imagine! \u2014 for ways to speed the pace of games. They\u2019re not going to fix what they broke by foresight-barren group knee-jerk; the toothpaste is out of that genie.<\/p>\n<p>So, in football\u2019s case, we\u2019re left to rely on the TV broadcasting position that replay created: the former football ref. That\u2019s the only upside of replay rules, the inserted input of those trained to know best, or at least better.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-500915068.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Gene Steratore\" class=\"wp-image-24454430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-500915068.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-500915068.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-500915068.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-500915068.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gene Steratore<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thus it\u2019s with a Halloween-twisted sense of hope that unintended replay rules will slam the brakes on the Patriots-Jets game Sunday on CBS, just to hear retired NFL and NCAA basketball ref Steratore \u2014 a frank, concise speaker of the rules aided by a good sense of both humor and the absurd.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday during a game against Ole Miss, LSU QB Jayden Daniels ran a keeper for 9 yards. As he was going down or had just landed, DB Markevious Brown nailed him with his shoulder near the side of Daniels\u2019 head.<\/p>\n<p>Brown was called for targeting \u2014 which, if upheld following a mandatory replay, would have meant 15 yards and his ejection.<\/p>\n<p>As Doc Steratore was called in for his diagnosis, slow-motion replays aired and on-field officials huddled:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what they\u2019re talking about, guys, is whether the runner is officially down prior to that contact. We see on this last replay that he is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a runner is down in that situation, he becomes defenseless. The crown of the helmet doesn\u2019t need to be a part of the target. In other words, he doesn\u2019t have to hit with the top of his helmet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they will look at is if he\u2019s making contact to the head or neck area with force, because the runner down is defenseless by definition. We see a pretty good right shoulder into that neck and head area, and that\u2019s what they are going to dissect now, because he\u2019s defenseless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So Steratore seemed to second the targeting call. But then \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough for the defender, it\u2019s tough for the officials, Gary [Danielson], because in real time it\u2019s such a bang-bang play. It looks so much more exaggerated in slow-motion.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-914330104.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Gene Steratore conducts a review while he was a ref. \" class=\"wp-image-24454457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-914330104.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-914330104.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-914330104.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-914330104.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gene Steratore conducts a review while he was a ref. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Exactly! It didn\u2019t occur in slow motion! It <em>couldn\u2019t <\/em>have occurred in slow motion! Yet, replay rules allow slow-motion and super slow-motion to determine the outcomes of games. The preposterous is standardized.<\/p>\n<p>Steratore saw and spoke the dilemma. Which takes precedent? The real or the unreal?<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t a matter of whether the ball hit the glove before the runner touched the bag, this was what football games produce, thus replay rules too often produce, by design, a collection of shrugs as per the human condition.<\/p>\n<p>And as the games become unplugged for slo-mo and slower reviews (you\u2019ll likely see several such cases today) it is praised by mystics \u2014 TV\u2019s game analysts \u2014 as \u201cgetting it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the targeting call against Ole Miss was, after nearly three minutes, reversed, the game, played in \u201creal time,\u201d resumed, and the second career for game officials as weekend Judge Judys, created by unintended replay rules, has become a legit profession.<\/p>\n<p>Look forward, in real time, to hearing from you Sunday, Gene!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dont_expect_Eagle_to_fly_too_close_to_NCAA_sun\"><\/span>Don\u2019t expect Eagle to fly too close to NCAA sun<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Having watched the men\u2019s basketball NCAA Tournament since Bill Bradley and Princeton battled Cazzie Russell and Michigan in the 1965 national semis on syndicated TV (was it Ch. 9 or Ch. 11?), I\u2019ve grown to know that it doesn\u2019t matter who calls the games as long as they see it the NCAA\u2019s way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thus, it doesn\u2019t much matter that CBS\u2019s Jim Nantz will step down next season as the lead play-by-play man, to be replaced by Ian Eagle. TV makes chumps of good people.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/unnamed-1-1-1.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"Ian Eagle \" class=\"wp-image-24454483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/unnamed-1-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/unnamed-1-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/unnamed-1-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/unnamed-1-1-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Ian Eagle <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">E. H. Wallop<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eagle will be expected to see it and say it as did Nantz \u2014 as if we don\u2019t know any better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coach K, Coach Tom, Coach R, Coach Jim and Coach LMNOP are all great guys who run fabulous programs: no mention of the fat-cash bonuses paid for making the tournament, then wins during the tournament, in addition to the millions in salary, perks, buyouts and the comes-with-foot-stink sneaker dough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>After all, how could money possibly influence those fine leaders of student-athletes to abandon their great regard for right over wrong?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eagle is no less familiar with the ugly truths of big-time college basketball than is Nantz. And he\u2019ll be expected to avoid any detailing of scandal \u2014 from financial fraud, to academic fraud, to the recruitment of young men arrested for felonies and those who maintain eligibility despite being semiliterate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one of those insane TV realities: You pay billions to show the games then sit up, beg, roll over and play dead, as if the recipients otherwise might not cash your checks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fans \u2014 TV viewers \u2014 don\u2019t want to hear ugly truths? Given that they never have, how would anyone know?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_guys_dont_make_highlights\"><\/span>Good guys don\u2019t make highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I gave it a week, hoping someone in TV would stop long enough to consider it as worthy of emphasis in highlights. But bupkis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>On ESPN last Saturday, SMU, down two to Cincinnati after scoring a TD with 1:57 left, needed to go for 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>QB Preston Stone rolled out, retreated, then threw incomplete as a defender knocked him over.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A still unidentified Cincy defender, rather than standing over Stone to perform a standard TV-op me-dance, he reached down to help him to his feet, then pulled his dislodged jersey back over his shoulder pads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was a magnanimous, empathetic gesture well worth the nation\u2019s attention. Naturally, though, it didn\u2019t make the cut. Pity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Is there no network willing to stop making baseball out of football? A network eager to show it understands football better than the rest?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Through seven NFL weeks, there have been 17 defensive touchdowns and nine safeties scored. Yet all of those points are added and divided then presented as offensive scoring average stats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then there are QB win-loss records and head-to-head comparisons. As Ben Roethlisberger said, \u201cIt\u2019s not tennis.\u201d No, it\u2019s baseball!\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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He tries to apply sense to the ridiculous. And, unlike so many game analysts assigned to talk us into a Thanksgiving Day turkey-induced soporific trance, when he speaks, I listen. 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