The Southeastern Conference is set to implement a collaborative process for instant replay in the sport of football beginning Thursday night, with Appalachian State visiting Tennessee at 7:30 p.m. ET on The SEC Network and Vanderbilt hosting South Carolina at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN in the first conference game of the 2016 season. Under this upgraded system for instant replay reviews, personnel operating from SEC Headquarters will assist the in-stadium Instant Replay Officials when replay decisions are made.
The SEC's offseason decision to implement this new instant replay process came following a unanimous vote of the league's athletics directors and approval by the SEC Executive Committee at SEC Spring Meetings in June.
"Our goal is to continue to use the best-available resources to support correct outcomes when instant replay is used," SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said upon approval of the initiative. "We believe the collaborative effort, which will involve additional officiating experts during replay reviews, will enhance the Conference's football officiating program. I believe this update to the instant replay review process will better support football officiating in the SEC through the use of technology." SEC to implement collaborative instant replay
