The NFL Should Steal This Technology from the USFL

[Zuma]

The chip can be in the middle of the ball. It would know the distance from itself to football edges factored in.

 

[Brick27]

I agree, but I wonder how often it would actually work right. Most of the time, if you can't tell very obviously that a ball crossed the goal line, it's because it's underneath a giant pile of bodies that would probably be blocking the view of that camera anyway.

100% agree with that rationale. More so just see the camera along the goal line as being something that should be a given. While it wouldn’t solve the more murky situations, it would provide more clarity on replays than there currently is. It’s so ridiculous when the telecast shows what the officials see, and it’s some asinine diagonal shots that offer nothing.

 

[upstater1]

The NFL already has chips in the ball... be easy to add a sensor net to the inner bladder... they use it for the next gen stats

the nfl would need to put sensors on players though to make it work... need to be able to detect a knee or whatever hitting the ground, determining the relative proximity of the player at that time... be difficult on the player end... what happens if it shorts out...

That Damn Belichick... he cut our sensors off!!!?!!?!

How would the chip tell if the knee hits the ground or another player's shoulder pads or whatever?

 

[Pape]

How would the chip tell if the knee hits the ground or another player's shoulder pads or whatever?

Just spit balling here.... I would imagine that defensive players would have the same types of sensors that could measure impacts... So multiple data points would be created... If the knee hits the ground, only one would...

 

[upstater1]

My suggestion is to use rugby rules. Allow players to extend the ball if they dare (ie. fumbles)

 

[Wax Frog]

Will they also have sensors for personal fouls?

 

[Tunescribe]

Just curious, is anyone here actually watching USFL games? I have little interest but am wondering if there's anything worthwhile to check in for.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

I agree, but I wonder how often it would actually work right. Most of the time, if you can't tell very obviously that a ball crossed the goal line, it's because it's underneath a giant pile of bodies that would probably be blocking the view of that camera anyway.

What they need is some kind of chip technology that reads whether the ball crosses the line, but the weird shape of the ball probably makes that difficult too. You'd need a chip basically inserted into every outer most point on the oblong.

I'll leave the last word to scientists or engineers, but as far as I know the technology exists for satellites, hundreds of miles above the earth, to penetrate dense jungle canopies and thick cloud cover. A US football field is 160 feet wide. I'm pretty sure they can develop a device to be placed in each pylon that can distinguish a football from and through other objects 80 or 90 feet away.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

I’m still baffled the NFL doesn’t have a camera pointed across the goal line of every single fuking game

jets dont need one

 

[oldrover]

jets dont need one