Court Considers Remedy When Lack of Instant Replay Causes the Wrong School to be Crowned Champion

By Brittany N. Anderson, MS & Michael S. Carroll, PhD   During the 2019 Virginia High School League (VHSL) 6A high school football state championship game, there were two key officiating calls in the game that went against the losing team. The losing team would have scored (and actually did), but there was no instant replay to verify it. As a result, the final score of the game was 14-13. Had the use of instant replay been available, the losing school would have scored at least 12 more poin