12-21-2018, 06:11 AM
If they were to subcontract this work out to the global marketplace they could have hundreds, if not THOUSANDS, of trained rules officials watching different angles of each play in real-time. Some stadiums have kids shovel snow for $12 an hour and provide a free ticket. How hard would it be to have fans of different teams try out for real-time rules monitoring positions(where only the best of the best are selected)? How hard would it be to put micro-sensors in each football or to use advanced metrological technology to the end of eliminating the need for chain measurements, spot calls, and line judges for false starts/offsides penalties? Maybe they could put accelerometers and pressure sensors in each helmet so as to quantify what an illegal helmet to helmet hit really is(hell, give the players a HUD so that they know if they're getting close to the threshold). The NFL is VERY fat and lazy, I get it...but does that really explain why their multi-billion dollar business in 2018 comes off like some random mom and pop joke franchise from 1963 when it comes to officiating?
