SportsCage and TSN analyst Glen Suitor feels the CFL should fix the way the league uses replays.
"I would work on eliminating some ways we use replays, it's too intrusive now," Suitor explained to the SportsCage.
"This has only happened a few times, but I get nervous when a precedent starts getting set. All of a sudden you see more and more of it, then it becomes commonplace. That is penalties are being called, which is really illegal, from the command centre or all of the real-time interaction from the command centre. That starts to get to a point where we're officiating from the command centre. I don't believe we need to go anywhere near that. This, to me, has to be pulled back in a big way."
Suitor's view on replays has changed over time.
"Believe me, I've evolved here. If fans pulled up clips from me five years ago people would have said: 'I love this idea because pass interference is so punitive. It can be an 80-yard penalty. We need to get that play right.' We need replay to see that play," Suitor said.
"I've found that we're not necessarily getting some of these calls right or wrong. We're just adding other opinions and other perspectives. if you're a big offensive guy, you're looking at it saying: 'Nah, it was fine -- no offensive pass interference there in my mind.' But the command centre might be a defensive-minded guy, and he's saying: 'That was definitely pass interference.' It's just another opinion."
There is one idea Suitor shared and he got it from fans who emailed him.
"Any ball that is missed and bounces out of the back of the end zone is not a single point. You can't get a single on a 10-yard missed field goal when you hook it like I do a lot of golf shots right into the water. You can't get the single off that type of miss," Suitor explained.
"If you're attempting a 60-yarder that's playable, you miss it and they decide to give up or not give up, then you get the single."
In other news, eight players, four from the University of Regina and four from the University of Saskatchewan, will play in the 2025 U Sports East-West Bowl. Those players will likely be eligible for the 2026 CFL Draft.
"Congratulations to those guys. It's no coincidence that Saskatchewan has one of if not the best fan base in our country with this game of football," Suitor said.
"It's no coincidence that they spend as much time as they do developing minor football and giving them that introduction early through flag and even early in tackle. The emphasis and priority on minor football in Saskatchewan is one of the main reasons that at the pro level, it has such a rabid fan base."
