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05-21-2024, 07:03 PM | Topic Starter | ||
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NFL to potentially use optical tracking system to measure 1st Downs for 2024
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05-21-2024, 07:06 PM | #2 |
Pessimistically optimistic.
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I also have an optical tracking system: my eyes.
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05-21-2024, 07:11 PM | #3 |
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If they’re gong to use it, they should use it for every down.
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05-21-2024, 08:09 PM | #4 |
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Not sure if I like this or not. Kinda takes the humanity out of the game.
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05-21-2024, 08:28 PM | #5 |
"I'm with you fellers"
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Yet they have no answer for the most important measurement, the goal line.
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05-22-2024, 09:11 AM | #6 |
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05-22-2024, 08:11 PM | #7 |
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05-23-2024, 05:40 AM | #8 | |
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If they can fix that I'm all in. For some reason I fully expect this roll out to start with a complete and immediate failure. Hopefully they've tightened all the screws on this process already... |
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05-23-2024, 05:44 AM | #9 |
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I could not agree more, it is maddening!
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05-21-2024, 08:29 PM | #10 |
What's up braj?
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Would like to see Carl Cheffers measure Chris Jones’ hawg lmao
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05-21-2024, 08:44 PM | #11 |
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05-22-2024, 07:52 AM | #12 |
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Makes sense. The current system seems pretty shoddy, like that time when a ref used an index card to determine if a spot had resulted in a first down.
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05-22-2024, 07:54 AM | #13 |
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I wish there were more details on exactly what this system does. It sounds to me like it's just something they'd use for first-down MEASUREMENTS rather than something that would help them SPOT the ball. The latter is the bigger issue, so I'm skeptical this will change much aside from cutting down the time to have the chain gang run out there once or twice a game.
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05-22-2024, 06:28 PM | #14 | |
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A system like this is looking at the ball, and would never be able to tell when a ball carrier is actually down. But, if it was tied to the clock, replay could tell the exact time the runner was down, and check the location at that exact time stamp. Right? |
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05-22-2024, 08:07 AM | #15 |
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Now we can trust computer software in the age of gambling instead of your lying eyes and HD cameras.
I hope they figure it out, but sounds like a fail to me. I can see it in specific situations, but don't feel it will be as accurate as a baseball strike zone. |
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