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NFL reportedly planning on embedding data chips in footballs to gauge field goals
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| July 18, 2016
| Mark Lelinwalla
Posted on 07/19/2016 12:12:47 PM PDT by Colofornian
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OK, this is for the kicking game...
But with Patriot balls disappearing into other rooms pre-game, should be able to track where the Patriots' employee who labeled himself "the Deflator" (McNally) would smuggle those pre-game balls into...even if Brady continues to toss future cell phones away in order to continue covering up convos with "the Deflator" McNally (and/or Jastremski)...
To: Colofornian
The 32 best kickers in the world should kick at 84%
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:17:28 PM PDT
by
Sybeck1
(Remember the Court)
To: Colofornian
This would be a device that has mass — and for a football, significant mass. It will change the physics of the football.
What next?? Why don’t they just play football ??
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:19:28 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: EagleUSA
I’m wondering why do we have umpires calling balls and strikes if you can have a computerized system doing it more accurately?
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:21:13 PM PDT
by
nikos1121
(A Trump presidency will be like The Golden Age of Pericles in Greece)
To: Sybeck1
No they shouldn’t. The target should be smaller. Automatic success on a largely uncontested play is boring, boring is bad for sports.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:22:57 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
To: Colofornian
I don’t think its a GPS tracker... it would have to be way more accurate than that. Probaby a transponder for an emitter/receiver in the goal posts themselves.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:25:21 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
To: Colofornian
Still wonder why MLB doesn’t do something like this for balls and strikes.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:25:25 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: discostu
endless commercial time outs.
sloooooooow game movement. Prima Dona players.
PC BS
They might as well create profession grass growth watching leagues.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:25:50 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: EagleUSA
It’s only 3 grams, given that their allowed variance is 40 grams (410-450) it won’t have any functional change. They are just playing football. They just want to do it better.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:27:13 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
To: longtermmemmory
And yet a million people a week pay big bucks to watch it live and millions more watch at home. So maybe, just maybe, you’re full of crap and it’s a lot of fun. Just a thought.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:29:10 PM PDT
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discostu
(Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
To: Colofornian
Yeah...field goals. Right.
They want the chips to simply monitor ball pressure and report remotely directly to Goodell's smart phone.
To: EagleUSA
This would be a device that has mass and for a football, significant mass. Nah. An RFID transponder weighs about 1/100th of an ounce. It would respond to a signal from a transmitter somewhere in the end zone...or perhaps at the top of either goal post.
Think of those little white anti-shoplifting gizmos you see inside blister packaging.
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Nope. They’ve specifically said it will not monitor pressure. And given how small the device is and where they’re putting it I believe them. Actually that’s a mistake on their part they actually SHOULD monitor the pressures.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:32:23 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
To: Colofornian
84% is meaningless unless distance is factored in.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:33:53 PM PDT
by
Cooter
(Radicals always try to force crises because in a crisis, everyone must choose sides. - J. Goldberg)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Well, it will be interesting to see. If it does not contain its own power (battery mass) then it could be pretty small. An RFID type of device would be the way to go. Passive responder. Fun stuff.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:34:42 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Colofornian
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:34:58 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: discostu
Nope. Sorry I forgot the sarcasm tag for those who didn't recognize my dripping...well...sarcasm.
To: Colofornian
Can they find a chip that gauges how much their commissioner sucks?
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:42:14 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(#GuiltyAsHELLary2016 #KimJungHill)
To: EagleUSA
What next?? Why dont they just play football ??
Yes. They take this whole thing so damn seriously, as if it really affects the outcomes of people's lives (not counting big gamblers).
The more complez everything gets, the more time outs and possibilities for something to go wrong.
BAN helmet headsets.
BAN guys with radios and iPads watching the game from booth above.
The coaches have to be fast with hand signals, call a time out, shout out a play in code, or ... get this ... let the QB make the calls.
No more replays, bad calls stay called bad.
NO hands used by o-linemen, as in the mid 70s and earlier, as refs cannot see the holding that takes place ALL THE TIME if they don't make it otherwise.
There aren't too many field goals in the NFL, probably fewer than in the '70s, when there were maybe TWO kickers (Ray Guy, Mark Mosely) that were as good as a typical kicker today.
Cut down on the TV commercial timouts. A 60:00 game, with time outs and half-time should take three hours.
etc.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:42:50 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(VThere's no salvation in politics.)
To: BenLurkin
“Still wonder why MLB doesnt do something like this for balls and strikes.”
Takes away the entertainment value. The umpire is a critical part of the game.
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posted on
07/19/2016 12:43:01 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Edmund/Liawatha 2016. If you are going to lie, lie big.)
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