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I was drinking last night and thinking which is a dangerous combination. Why can't they have some kind of technology in the ball to tell when it crosses the first down marker or touchdown or whatever? They already use AWS to track the speed of the players this and that but we have nothing to track first downs if the ball touches the ground when the receiver catches it whole bunch of stuff.
Just thought I'd share my two cents. That's probably not worth half a percent but it's what it is
 
Just watched World Cup soccer and saw the technology they had for offsides. Surely that exact tech could be used for football. Also, if one was to say that in football the ball could be obscured with players, then I am sure there would be tech to place in the ball to give it's exact location.

Now just need tech to help refs decide horrible roughing the passer and intentional grounding calls.
 
BC Phins4Life said:
Just watched World Cup soccer and saw the technology they had for offsides. Surely that exact tech could be used for football. Also, if one was to say that in football the ball could be obscured with players, then I am sure there would be tech to place in the ball to give it's exact location.

Now just need tech to help refs decide horrible roughing the passer and intentional grounding calls.
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That World Cup final was an all time classic

The offsides technology was pretty neat to see
 
Yea seems a rather simple addition, I think hockey did something like that with the puck, but then they took it away because it affected the puck trajectory or something along those lines)

And how about using all these high def camera angles to quickly overrule erroneous penalties and/or catch rulings?

What about if NFL players were equiped with G-force monitors as well to aid in determining roughing penalties too. "That guy applied 100Gs of force after the QB stepped out of bounds 0.01 seconds earlier, flag him!"
 
BC Phins4Life said:
Just watched World Cup soccer and saw the technology they had for offsides. Surely that exact tech could be used for football. Also, if one was to say that in football the ball could be obscured with players, then I am sure there would be tech to place in the ball to give it's exact location.

Now just need tech to help refs decide horrible roughing the passer and intentional grounding calls.
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Technology has it's limits. Would likely work well with TD/1D. But pass interference? Not so sure. Roughing the passer? Intentional grounding would require a specific limit, say, 20', but even then, was the QB being hit, is it snowy and the ball slipped? I wouldn't be against some technology, but there will always be judgement calls
 
Didn’t they do something like this in the USFL this past season?
 
I’ve been thinking about that forever. The problem is you also need something in the pads, specifically the knee so you know exactly where the ball was the moment a player was down.
 
Technology with people clueless how to use it is useless.

Right now Instant Replay can show you a lot of stuff, including, if there is a late hit to a player (Especially QB), yet they don't use it to see if it's really a late hit.

Want to attempt to fix these issues, then..

1. Get young, extremly knowledgeable,
and trained men (Woman?) that want to be refs, and yes (Sorry NFL), pay them top buck to be NFL Refs from your insane Profits each year.

2. Have someone in the Booth trained to know the rules, who proves to be pretty accurate when looking at an instant replay (Refs on the field can still be the ones to review, but the ref in the booth can also back them up in what happened with their view)

3. Make sure they all understand mistakes can not happen, if a Ref or Ref crew make a mistake, it goes on their record, if it's a huge mistake that cost a game, they get money deducted along with the recorded mistake. (Teams can send a challenge to NFL, if they forget to reprimand that Ref)

4. At end of season, if any Ref or Refs made way too many mistakes, they are either sent back into training or let go...depending on if they went through the training protocol a few times already, yet still make too many mistakes.

If you pay them well, but make sure they are reminded their job security last as long as they do a good enough job, I have a feeling few mistakes will occur week to week.

In the NFL, if you're a player, and making mistakes, you are gone sooner rather then later. If you're a HC, or other type of coach, but make too many mistakes, your soon to be gone...Why do Refs continue to mess up, but continue to have a job?
 
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szes3 said:
I was drinking last night and thinking which is a dangerous combination. Why can't they have some kind of technology in the ball to tell when it crosses the first down marker or touchdown or whatever? They already use AWS to track the speed of the players this and that but we have nothing to track first downs if the ball touches the ground when the receiver catches it whole bunch of stuff.
Just thought I'd share my two cents. That's probably not worth half a percent but it's what it is
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I was thinking about this also. Just have some kind of chip in the ball.
 
szes3 said:
I was drinking last night and thinking which is a dangerous combination. Why can't they have some kind of technology in the ball to tell when it crosses the first down marker or touchdown or whatever? They already use AWS to track the speed of the players this and that but we have nothing to track first downs if the ball touches the ground when the receiver catches it whole bunch of stuff.
Just thought I'd share my two cents. That's probably not worth half a percent but it's what it is
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Because it costs more money. It's that simple. The NFL is that ****ing cheap. As for the argument that technology would make it harder for the NFL to adjust outcomes, the reality is quite to the contrary.

Putting a chip in the football would allow the NFL 'official' in charge of it to tweak it a few inches here or there to get the results he want, and absolutely nobody would know. It would give everyone the appearance of being fair and impartial while being even easier to manipulate behind the scenes.
 
szes3 said:
I was drinking last night and thinking which is a dangerous combination. Why can't they have some kind of technology in the ball to tell when it crosses the first down marker or touchdown or whatever? They already use AWS to track the speed of the players this and that but we have nothing to track first downs if the ball touches the ground when the receiver catches it whole bunch of stuff.
Just thought I'd share my two cents. That's probably not worth half a percent but it's what it is
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It's like speeding. If you had 100% enforcement everyone would be pissy all the time.
 
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