By Mark Maske | Washington Post
The NFL and its competition committee plan to allow the controversial rule that made pass interference reviewable by instant replay to expire after one season, according to two people familiar with the deliberations.
The league signaled its intention Friday when a renewal of the rule, ratified by the owners' last offseason after the missed call in the 2018 NFC championship game that cost the New Orleans Saints a spot in the Super Bowl, was not on the list of rules-related proposals released by the NFL.
The rule was approved in March 2019 for one year only and needed to be renewed by the owners this offseason to remain in effect for the upcoming season. But after a 2019 season in which players, coaches, and fans expressed displeasure with how the new replay system functioned, teams were overwhelmingly against keeping it, according to the results of a postseason survey conducted by the competition committee.
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