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The remote control that lets referees apologize in slow motion.

means A video playback of a sporting event's action, often slowed down, used to review what just happened or settle a disputed call.

from A 20th-century broadcasting term, born in American television — producers realized that recording live footage and replaying it seconds later could let viewers (and eventually officials) see a play again before the game had even moved on. 'Instant' marked the key innovation: unlike film replays of the past, which took time to develop, this replay happened almost immediately, changing how sports were watched and, later, officiated.

origin year
1963, CBS college football broadcast
first words said
announcer warned viewers it wasn't a rerun
nfl adoption
took until 1986 to trust it
irony
invented to settle arguments, mostly starts new ones
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