NFL unveils new "Virtual Measurement System".
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This is a low point in NFL decision making! They can use an electron microscope and still NEVER get it exactly right. The issue is that a human makes a placement decision of the football, he/she then places the football where THEY perceive is the correct spot. Who among us hasn't seen poor, or really bad ball placements in key situations? When there's a big pileup going for a much needed 1st down, or winning TD, nobody can see exactly how far the ball was advanced, or went backwards.
PATHETIC rule
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I agree that there have been numerous issues with ball placement in key situations, as you say, but I think that adding technology to assist should offer more and better opportunity to get the spot correct. Added bonus we will get to hear the announcers analyze it for 5 minutes each time. Anything that moves it towards being more accurate, even if it’s not perfect, seems like a step towards fairness.
If the human placement is wrong, all the tech stuff is moot. Maybe a "placement challenge", then a micro review with cameras somehow designed to determine the correct placement would be better than looking at a placement after the ball has been "arbitrarily placed" by the official.
https://www.referee.com/ball-placement-art-science/
I gotta be honest AL, I'm fine with this
Instead of waiting and holding your breath over some idiot referee screwing one of the teams over with poor ball placement we now have a more accurate way.
Works for offsides in soccer pretty well. Gonna be the same tech, it's proven.
https://www.referee.com/ball-placement-art-science/
I must be missing something...when there's a big push to move the ball a few inches to get a first down, and the runner has the ball tucked in, how exactly will this new system determine the correct placement of the ball, when all you can see is a pile of players? Was the player's knee down, or not, etc etc. We've all heard of announcers saying the ball placement was either generous, or not, or words to that effect.
Obviously they get the majority of placements correctly, but, IMO there have been several over the years where the placement wasn't correct, and it directly impacted the final score.
Next they will be putting something in the football to be able to trace exactly where the football is at all times and there will be a wire fence around the stadium to stop a player from throwing the ball out of the stadium!