I'm all for this if it is accurate. If it works...MLB and the strike zone should be next. ~~~~ NFL mulling microchips in footballs for those life-or-death goal line rulings By Vlad Savov The NFL is serious business. So serious, in fact, that the idea of refs getting decisions wrong sends chills up and down Roger Goodell's spine. Yeah, we all know they do it habitually, but the League seems to be considering improving accuracy just a little bit with the help of some tech. Cairos Technologies, a German outfit that's been trying to sell its goal line technology to football (as in soccer) bigwigs for a while, has told Reuters that it's in discussions with the NFL about bringing its magnetic field hocus pocus to the gridiron. The idea would be for the ref to be alerted, via a message to his watch, any time the ball does something notable like crossing the goal line or first down marker. It should be a great aid for making difficult calls like whether a touchdown has happened at the bottom of a scrum, and might even help cut down on the number of frightfully dull replay challenges. Win-win, no? <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z_Z5kCS89LI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z_Z5kCS89LI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/06/nfl-mulling-microchips-in-footballs-for-those-life-or-death-goal/
They just have to watch the runner's knee instead of the knee and the ball. It's not foolproof but it could help.
Let's see how these cats like it when technology takes over their game. NFL football in 2014. <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pn_EiAzW2uQ&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pn_EiAzW2uQ&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
just a matter of time. I'm surprised its taken this long. I can understand it for soccer because goals are so important.
they should just let this guy ref the game <a href="http://photobucket.com/images/robocop" target="_blank"><img src="http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p266/Vegito1991/RoboCop1.jpg" border="0" alt="RoboCop Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a>
Have you ever hit a piece of technology with a baseball bat? I haven't, but these guys have. It's not pretty. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5orss3fAEU&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5orss3fAEU&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
