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To: Andy Thomas who wrote (2081)	3/11/1999 10:54:00 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45639

FOR NFL, TWO PLUS TWO EQUALS INSTANT REPLAY (AP) - After a season of officiating problems, the NFL is set to bring back instant replay at its spring meetings, which begin Sunday in Phoenix. The new format is what the NFL calls a "two plus two" system, giving coaches two challenges per game and extra challenges in the final two minutes of each half. The new plan, which has been recommended by the competition committee, will combine elements of the replay system that was in effect from 1986-91. League spokesman Joe Browne said Wednesday he thinks replay has the best chance for approval this year since it was removed seven years ago. Replay was approved 7-1 by the league's competition committee this week with Cincinnati's Mike Brown, a longtime dissenter, the only "no" vote. It still must get 24 votes from the 31 teams to be approved. The new element is the challenge, which will give coaches the right to challenge what they think is a bad call. The referee would make the final decision from a monitor on the field. If the protest is turned down, the team will lose a timeout. If it's upheld, it will not. The old element will come in the final two minutes, when a replay official in the press box can halt play any time he sees a questionable call even if a team has used both its challenges. But the referee will still make the final decision. Replay has been voted down each year since it was voted out in 1992, in part because the coaches haven't been able to agree on a system. However, Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher, a member of the competition committee, said he believes it will get the 24 votes necessary for approval.