Unnecessary roughness penalty reversed by the booth?

[bomza]

Just now in Madden 10 I had an unnecessary roughness penalty reversed by the booth (with under 2 minutes left) when I was clearly out-of-bounds when I got hit. My question is, is a unnecessary roughness penalty something in the NFL that can be reversed, especially by someone in the booth?

[Segagendude]

Sounds like a glitch. No penalty can be reviewed, whether by a coach or with two minutes left.

Seems like they were determining if it was a catch inbounds or out of bounds, even if it was obvious.

[bomza]

Quote: Originally Posted by Segagendude

Sounds like a glitch. No penalty can be reviewed, whether by a coach or with two minutes left. Seems like they were determining if it was a catch inbounds or out of bounds, even if it was obvious.

That's what I thought. Penalties can't be overturned. But this one was.

It wasn't ruled if it was a catch or not. It was ruled a catch, mainly because I caught the ball ten yards earlier, and also because I got the ball at my own 41 yard line, which is where I went out-of-bounds on my own before I got hit. After accepting the penalty, I got the ball at the other 44.

Then the booth decided to look at the penalty and they overruled it, and I was back at the 41.

Must be some screwy programming that came with patch 2 and the horrible sideline "2-5 feet in might be out-of-bounds" calls.

Perhaps patch 2 programming triggers a booth challenge under 2 minutes when a catch, interception or fumble happens near the sideline, and penalties near the sidelines got thrown in with the mix.