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In this age with technology at our fingertips, how is it that the NFL hasn't figured out a better way to plan open dates? There are 32 teams, 32 is an even number. Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to make sure that the 6 teams that are open each week play each other the next week?? That way there wouldn't be teams that had two weeks to prepare playing teams with one week to prepare.

In two weeks the colts play the pats, both are open next week. Both get two weeks to prepare for each other. That certainly seems a lot more fair than the Lions getting two weeks to prepare for us when we have to travel up there which means we have less than a week and they get two weeks.

We got two weeks for GB but they got 10 days to play us. I mean I know it will never be perfect but it certainly seems like a multi-Billion dollar organization could fix something as simple to fix as this. What do you guys think, shouldn't this be addressed?? I mean it could be fixed with the click of a mouse. COME on, MAN !!!!
 
**** that noise. I want this explained to me.

Why the **** isn't there a better way to track the football's movement on the field besides that of relying on the eyesight of geriatric wonderwhos and two dudes holding a stick connected by chain link for "official" measurement. ?

Let's just take that into consideration for a moment. That's my NFL question.
 
Well I want to know why if you're standing outside the end zone and reach the ball over the goal line it's a touchdown, because it's where the ball is and not you feet. However, if you catch the ball in back of the end zone with your toes inbounds but your hands and the ball extended over the end line it's not where the ball is it's where your feet are.
 
gregorygrant83 said:
Well I want to know why if you're standing outside the end zone and reach the ball over the goal line it's a touchdown, because it's where the ball is and not you feet. However, if you're standing in back of the end zone and catch the ball over the end line it's not where the ball is it's where your feet are.
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Really? You don't understand this? :bobdole:
 
Sons of Shula said:
**** that noise. I want this explained to me.

Why the **** isn't there a better way to track the football's movement on the field besides that of relying on the eyesight of geriatric wonderwhos and two dudes holding a stick connected by chain link for "official" measurement. ?

Let's just take that into consideration for a moment. That's my NFL question.
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My guess is because the technology isn't really necessary and that it would cost money. There's no real benefit in it for the owners.

It's the same reason we're stuck with this garbage "2 challenges" system in which the refs sit under a hood looking at a peep show. They don't want more replays, because that would make the games run just a little too long, but if they are going to use replay, then it's going to be the dumbest, most time-consuming system possible because that means they can cram in another commercial break.
 
yeah I think it is time for the league to get up to speed in some of these issues. The league's value is based on fair balanced play and everything possible should be done to continue this.

While we are at it why not go back to catch, control the ball, and two feet down = CATCH. This "make a football move" crap is nothing more than giving refs the ability to control out comes. I have never seen it called the same way twice. One sunday last year there was a colts game where the WR (TE I believe) caught the ball took 3 steps got hit and fumbled. They said he didn't make a football move so it wasn't a catch, therefore not a fumble. Later that same day, a Pitt WR caught a pass landed didn't take a single step, got hit and fumbled before getting to the ground and they called it a catch. They just make it up as they go. Just like Wk one a few years ago where Calvin Johnson caught the game winning TD pass vs the bears in the last few seconds of the game. He caught the ball took a few steps as he is falling down. Went all the way to the ground, all with perfect control. Then he swings around and uses the ball to push himself up and the ball comes out of his hand. They called it no catch. They lost the game because of it. The ground didn't knock it lose he basically slammed it on the ground as a spike while getting up and the refs made a horrible call. It went to replay and they didn't over turn it. Just a HORRIBLE call.
 
Having more needlessly arcane rules gives the referees more leeway to screw up a ruling.
 
J. David Wannyheimer said:
My guess is because the technology isn't really necessary and that it would cost money. There's no real benefit in it for the owners.

It's the same reason we're stuck with this garbage "2 challenges" system in which the refs sit under a hood looking at a peep show. They don't want more replays, because that would make the games run just a little too long, but if they are going to use replay, then it's going to be the dumbest, most time-consuming system possible because that means they can cram in another commercial break.
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Not really. My biggest beefs are when the refs pull out the ball from under a pile of 300lbs men and determine if the ball is on the 40 or 40 1/2 yard line. To solve that problem use the existing goal technology from soccer. Microchips in the football, sensors in the markers and there you go. Too make it more interesting when the ball crosses that line instead of a buzzer send 10,000Volts through the yard markers. Rather than getting some suspensions while still collecting money the Ray Rice's of the NFL can hold the markers for a day.

The other joke is when a punt goes out of bounds and the ref runs 30 yards to the spot where the ball went (supposedly) out of bounds. Stops, looks and makes another step. Yeah right. You don't see crap in the first place but you can tell where punt went out of bounds 30 yards away. :lol:
 
KTOWNFINFAN said:
yeah I think it is time for the league to get up to speed in some of these issues. The league's value is based on fair balanced play and everything possible should be done to continue this.

While we are at it why not go back to catch, control the ball, and two feet down = CATCH. This "make a football move" crap is nothing more than giving refs the ability to control out comes. I have never seen it called the same way twice. One sunday last year there was a colts game where the WR (TE I believe) caught the ball took 3 steps got hit and fumbled. They said he didn't make a football move so it wasn't a catch, therefore not a fumble. Later that same day, a Pitt WR caught a pass landed didn't take a single step, got hit and fumbled before getting to the ground and they called it a catch. They just make it up as they go. Just like Wk one a few years ago where Calvin Johnson caught the game winning TD pass vs the bears in the last few seconds of the game. He caught the ball took a few steps as he is falling down. Went all the way to the ground, all with perfect control. Then he swings around and uses the ball to push himself up and the ball comes out of his hand. They called it no catch. They lost the game because of it. The ground didn't knock it lose he basically slammed it on the ground as a spike while getting up and the refs made a horrible call. It went to replay and they didn't over turn it. Just a HORRIBLE call.
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Refs these days suffer under the "HD TV Syndrome". Some 30 years ago they could get away with a lot of crap with only one or two stationary cameras, grainy analog picture and blurry replays. HD is showing their flaws with pretty much every controversial play.
 
J. David Wannyheimer said:
Having more needlessly arcane rules gives the referees more leeway to screw up a ruling.
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RIGHT, which is why we need to get rid of that stupid "catch the ball come down with the ball AND make a football move". Whatever the heck that is. It is never the same. Why add all that crap. Just stick to two feet down in bounds is a catch. I mean why don't the players going out of bounds have to make a "football move"??
 
The other thing they should correct is the "let's hurry up and hike the ball before the refs realize the previous play wasn't a catch" It happened tonight at the Colts game. Seems like we get burned by this all the time. Challange everything Philbin!!
 
gregorygrant83 said:
I understand the rule, but it never really made sense.
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well, when a receiver makes a sideline catch, the ball is placed where the players feet touch in bounds. if it happens to be in bounds in the endzone, it's a TD. If you are in the field of play, as long as you have control of the ball, then the ball is the only thing that needs to break the goal line. That's called forward progress. Just like in the field of play, if a player reaches out before they go down, the ball is placed where they reached out. What doesn't make sense?
 
The London games gum up the bye system a bit, but I agree that it could be structured much better.

I think an entire division should have a bye at the same time, then play divisional games after the bye.
 
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