One of the most pernicious side effects of video-review challenge culture is its effect on school and youth sports. At the highest level we have reinforced the idea that every call is important, or worse, that the standard should be 100% accuracy, when not even the robots themselves are 100% accurate.
The pursuit of perfection flies in the face of a critical lesson sports should teach. Which is: In competition, stuff happens. Sometimes people get it right, sometimes people get it wrong, but it usually evens out. Learning to accept this rhythm is a critical part of being an adult.
from WSJ, Who Will Yell at the Robot Umpires? by Jason Gay, 26 Mar 2026