The NFL is reviewing options to allow coaches to challenge judgment calls by officials, but challenging teams would be negatively affected if a review shows officials got the call right, ESPN.com reported Wednesday morning.

The report said that if a challenge is wrong, the team could be penalized or time could be run off the clock. By adding such a disincentive, coaches likely would reserve the option for the most obvious of cases.

A similar rule would have allowed Saints coach Sean Payton to challenge the non-call on a crucial third-down play late in the NFC Championship game. The NFL has acknowledged in its defense of a fans’ lawsuit that officials should have called a penalty on Nickell Robey-Coleman for pass interference or helmet-to-helmet contact. The Saints had to settle for a field goal instead of continuing their drive and running more time off the clock. That gave the Los Angeles Rams a chance to tie the game and go on to win it in overtime.

A league source told ESPN that the NFL’s competition committee likely will pass a rule on judgment calls this offseason, and this particular idea has some support.