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Super Bowl 2023: What is a catch? The NFL needs to study Aristotle

By Timothy P. Carney
Published February 13, 2023 3:21pm ET
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Super Bowl 2023: What is a catch? The NFL needs to study Aristotle
In Philadelphia, Super Bowl LVII will be remembered for a bad late-game penalty call that killed the Eagles’ chances. But there were two other important calls the referees got wrong that should push the NFL to change its rules, its processes, and, frankly, its philosophy. Two Philadelphia Eagles catches were ruled noncatches after a replay. […]

In Philadelphia, Super Bowl LVII will be remembered for a bad late-game penalty call that killed the Eagles’ chances. But there were two other important calls the referees got wrong that should push the NFL to change its rules, its processes, and, frankly, its philosophy.

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