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re: Why does the NFL refuse to place a camera facing directly down the goal line
Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:28 pm to Ed Osteen
Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:28 pm to Ed Osteen
The fact that the NFL still uses two old men with a fricking chain to decide their first downs tells you all you need to know about the league.
That's such an inexact science for something so important. Short by an inch? Well, you know, maybe he actually made it but the chain guy was off.
That's such an inexact science for something so important. Short by an inch? Well, you know, maybe he actually made it but the chain guy was off.
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:31 pm to BayouBengals03
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The fact that the NFL still uses two old men with a fricking chain to decide their first downs tells you all you need to know about the league. That's such an inexact science for something so important. Short by an inch? Well, you know, maybe he actually made it but the chain guy was off.
Exactly. It isn't in their best interest to automate/remove the human element from the game. Seeing the dude stretch the chains on a close spot on fourth and short is suspense that can't be replaced.
If they cared about getting every call 100% correct there would be several big changes
This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:50 pm to BayouBengals03
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The fact that the NFL still uses two old men with a fricking chain to decide their first downs tells you all you need to know about the league.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:10 pm to BayouBengals03
The chain crew is part of the romanticism.
Some things are better left to romance.
Some things are better left to romance.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:11 pm to BayouBengals03
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The fact that the NFL still uses two old men with a fricking chain to decide their first downs tells you all you need to know
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:16 pm to BayouBengals03
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The fact that the NFL still uses two old men with a fricking chain to decide their first downs tells you all you need to know about the league.
That's such an inexact science for something so important. Short by an inch? Well, you know, maybe he actually made it but the chain guy was off.
Truly baffles me that haven't found a better way to do this
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:27 pm to BayouBengals03
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The fact that the NFL still uses two old men with a fricking chain to decide their first downs tells you all you need to know about the league.
You mean you don't enjoy watching an official run up from nine yards behind the play and arbitrarily decide if the spot should be six inches short or six inches past the first down marker?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 11:27 pm to BayouBengals03
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The fact that the NFL still uses two old men with a fricking chain to decide their first downs tells you all you need to know about the league.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 8:33 am to BayouBengals03
it would seem to very easy to have a device on he bottom of the sticks that could shoot out a beam of light from the base to show the first down mark
hell if it was so lowered enough you could keep in on the whole time
(think of level lasers)
hell if it was so lowered enough you could keep in on the whole time
(think of level lasers)
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:53 am to BayouBengals03
quote:I think it's pretty funny that for every down that's not a first down, the spot can be off by a few inches and nobody cares. If it's a potential first down though? that quarter of an inch is life or death
The fact that the NFL still uses two old men with a fricking chain to decide their first downs tells you all you need to know about the league.
That's such an inexact science for something so important. Short by an inch? Well, you know, maybe he actually made it but the chain guy was off.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:01 am to BayouBengals03
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The fact that the NFL still uses two old men with a fricking chain to decide their first downs tells you all you need to know about the league.
That's such an inexact science for something so important. Short by an inch? Well, you know, maybe he actually made it but the chain guy was off.
What bothers me even more about this is that every time they bring it out for a measurement, I don't feel like it's completely parallel to the side of the field
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