Goodbye chain gang?

[strato]

 Seems like I notice a lot of questionable spots. At least, I feel like they are not rare. 

If that doesn’t tighten up, what are you measuring? 

Aside from that, I guess this could save a lot of time?

 

[kungfoodude]

2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The amount of corporate survivors out there who just hang on cashing paychecks by knowing the right asses to kiss, never rocking the applecart, learning some industry lingo, and just checking boxes is pretty staggering.

But that's what the corporate environment rewards. Fug that. Something has gone horrifically wrong for me to ever end up back in the corporate world.

It's pretty amazing that these large entities pine to make the most money possible but have about 20-30% of their collective payrolls being taken up by utterly useless workers.

[lightsout]

3 hours ago, PootieNunu said:

How exactly does it work though? Do they still need someone to judge when the play is dead?

From my understanding the side judge is still there 

3 hours ago, PootieNunu said:

Guys can reach the ball out over the line but it has always been where they go down at for a first down, im not sure how this is going to be implemented in football.

Again side judge + booth official 

3 hours ago, PootieNunu said:

Even for goal line purposes passing the ball negates the use of it because it wont be able to tell if the pass is caught or not, only whether it crossed the plane. 

Again, officials. This tech is only for spotting down and distance 

[Pejorative Miscreant]

3 hours ago, lightsout said:

The only problem I have with it is this. Human judgements and human mistakes are what give life to sports. We all may have a more accurate game thanks to this, but I'd venture to guess we'll have a less enjoyable sport because of this.

I think the act of spotting the ball will still be done by a person as there was no mention of that. The spot is where you would find the vast amount of judgement and mistakes imo.  I think you have a valid point though. 

[MHS831]

7 hours ago, jasonluckydog said:

Once again a computer is taking our jobs. 

 

They took his job! 

 

 

De turk er jurb!

[MHS831]

This has been long overdue.  (Disclaimer: Did not read artlcle--been arguing for this for a while--here are my points).

First, it is a free timeout or clock stoppage if a team gets close to a first down and that creates an unfair advantage.

Second, a chip in the ball and an underground wire sensor up the sidelines and end zones would allow the ref  to indicate whether a player broke the plane of the end zone or the ball was out of bounds before getting a first down. 

I wonder if chips could be used to determine whether a receiver caught the ball before it hit the ground.  Just spitballin

[jasonluckydog]

1 hour ago, MHS831 said:

De turk er jurb!

 

[lightsout]

1 hour ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

I think the act of spotting the ball will still be done by a person as there was no mention of that. The spot is where you would find the vast amount of judgement and mistakes imo.  I think you have a valid point though. 

 

I don't think so. I think once you're measuring electronically, the spot is where the sensor says it is. So if it says half yard short of the line to gain, that's the spot. Now how that works with scrums and the ball moving on two minute drills and poo is anybody's guess.

[KSpan]

5 hours ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

I think the act of spotting the ball will still be done by a person as there was no mention of that. The spot is where you would find the vast amount of judgement and mistakes imo.  I think you have a valid point though. 

Exactly. How would a chip in the ball know when a player was down? That element will absolutely still be a referee determination.

[3838]

17 hours ago, Manna said:

This is cool. I mean I'm sure they have the technology to implant chips in to footballs and onto the fields to measure spatially where the ball is. But then that'd take the fun and anger out of reacting to the ref's subjective opinions lol. 

No more "We were Zebra  fugged"!!!

[Riverboat Ron]

17 hours ago, jasonluckydog said:

Once again a computer is taking our jobs. 

 

They took his job! 

 

 

I for one welcome our robot overlords.

[PNW_PantherMan]

14 hours ago, lightsout said:

The only problem I have with it is this. Human judgements and human mistakes are what give life to sports. We all may have a more accurate game thanks to this, but I'd venture to guess we'll have a less enjoyable sport because of this.

I’d see your point if you weren’t talking about the NFL.  There’s plenty of human mistakes left to give life to the game without a chain gang.  Best believe the Chiefs are getting that PI or illegal contact call on the last drive of the game.

[Tr3ach]

15 hours ago, amcoolio said:

I'm all for removing as much human ref element as possible. NFL isn't so bad, but some NBA and MLB refs/umps go out of their way to be egotistical and "i'm better than you, look at what I can do" like a macho corrupt cop in the south

NBA officiating super stars is the worst thing in all of sports for me.   Super star calls ruin my enjoyment of the nba.

[PantherMan89]

I thought I read they’d still be there but as a backup in case of malfunction. 

So it’s not so much a goodbye as it is they’re being sidelined (I’ll see myself out)