Technology in the NFL

BDBohnzie · 01-31-2005, 02:42 PM

i have always felt that the whole point of the referees on the field were to interpret the rules as they know them. If you start using any kind of new technology, you are taking the game out of the hands of humans, and putting it in the hands of machines.

As bad as they are, mistakes are part of the game...what happens when the machines do not function properly? do you then go back to human control...and back to original problems.

I can see the positives of technology in the game...i guess i'm too much of a purist...and i still think instant replay needs to either be fully implemented (ie allow all questionable plays to be reviewed), or taken away completely. this twice a game bullcrap is ridiculous...

01-31-2005, 02:42 PM	#8
BDBohnzie Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Frederick, MD Age: 47 Posts: 4,628	i have always felt that the whole point of the referees on the field were to interpret the rules as they know them. If you start using any kind of new technology, you are taking the game out of the hands of humans, and putting it in the hands of machines. As bad as they are, mistakes are part of the game...what happens when the machines do not function properly? do you then go back to human control...and back to original problems. I can see the positives of technology in the game...i guess i'm too much of a purist...and i still think instant replay needs to either be fully implemented (ie allow all questionable plays to be reviewed), or taken away completely. this twice a game bullcrap is ridiculous... __________________ Bad Things man, I mean bad things... “WE TOOK HIM IN THE SIXTH ROUND SO WE'RE NOT SMART EITHER.” - Shanny on what the Skins saw in Alfred Morris

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