Can we drop the complaining about headsets every game?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars

Nope. We can't stop complaining, and we shouldn't.

IMO, there is ABSOLUTELY no excuse for the headsets to stop working. It's a simple thing, and it should NEVER happen. In fact, it seems more likely that the cause of them malfunctioning is due to sabotage, and not technical issues.

Does the cordless phone in your house stop working 10% of the time you use it? Does a pacemaker or respirator malfunction sometimes? No, they don't. If they did people wouldn't use them, so the manufacturers make certain they always work. It should be the same way here. This is the NFL after all -- a multi-billion dollar industry.

So, I totally think this topic is worthy of complaints. I would complain until they fixed it.

Especially when it happens with a team that's been caught cheating already. I think it's a legit gripe for a team to have.

[The Zimmermans]

Yeah, with the way things are going around the league....all road teams should be practicing 100% hand signals all week. which should not be a huge issue considering that crowd noise creates the same issue anyway. JC should be able to handle it...he better when we go on the road on November 18th.

[mike340]

With the Patriots I can think of a few choice handsignals ;-)

Originally Posted by The Zimmermans

Yeah, with the way things are going around the league....all road teams should be practicing 100% hand signals all week. which should not be a huge issue considering that crowd noise creates the same issue anyway. JC should be able to handle it...he better when we go on the road on November 18th.

[firstdown]

There is a rule allready in the books if one team head set stops working then the other team has to remove their's. So if this is happening then they just need to go to a ref and have the other team remove their's.

[redsk1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

There is a rule allready in the books if one team head set stops working then the other team has to remove their's. So if this is happening then they just need to go to a ref and have the other team remove their's.

Agreed. Why don't we see JG stop the game, go up to a ref and get the other team to take off their head set? It's a question that has to be answered. It has no bearing on the loss yesterday but hey it needs to be fixed. Its the NFL, they are worth more than alot of countries. You would think that all electronical equipment would work 99% of the time.

[JWsleep]

No, that's not the rule. The rule is only that if communication from the pressbox to the field is lost does the other team have to shut it down. QB/sideline communications is not covered, because you can use hand signals. Which is lame, IMO.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

No, that's not the rule. The rule is only that if communication from the pressbox to the field is lost does the other team have to shut it down. QB/sideline communications is not covered, because you can use hand signals. Which is lame, IMO.

I thought it was all communications and if a part of ones teams system is failing then the other team has to cut their communications off the same way.

[billyharless]

If the headsets go out for us, doesn't the other team have to turn theirs off anyway? To me that makes it a non issue. If one team had working headsets and the other team didn't, then that is an issue.

[GhettoDogAllStars]

JWsleep is right:

"If one team loses all headset communication during a game, the other team must abandon its system under the so-called 'equity rule.' The rule, however, does not apply when only coach-to-quarterback communication is lost."

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