Referee committee adopts video review for fouls
A closer look at a story that's been building for weeks, and what the next move likely is.
The numbers tell part of the story. The rest lives in the texture of how people are actually behaving when no one is watching.
Still, the conversation has changed. The questions in the room are different from the questions in the room six months ago.
Skeptics point to the long history of premature declarations. Their caution is earned, and worth keeping close at hand.
Whatever happens next, the baseline has moved. The old assumptions no longer describe the room they were built to describe.
Outside the room, the response has been faster, messier, and considerably more interesting.
The shift did not happen overnight. It accumulated in quiet decisions, small wins, and a handful of unglamorous fixes that no one tweeted about.
