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In after after The latest example of NFL imperfections When it comes to determining whether football arrived where the offense was supposed to leave, it was not time for excuses why league had not yet arrived there. It’s time to make it clear to get there.
The good news is that the League tests the solution. Bad news (for accounts last night and for all who want a game not to indulge in human sight errors) is that League is yet to find a solution that cannot replace the No-technology.
Last March, the Main Football Administrative Director of the NFL Dawn Apote said Joe Lemire Sports business journal If the League Examination of optical monitoring technology Yes “can be supplemented or replaced by the first chains and official decisions that are currently evaluated by the human eye.”
It is a system based on a camera that can be applied to different topics, including “determining whether they have passed and lateral forwarded or backwards, where they are found in the point of view or is in the pocket” potential intentional invisory pocket.
“The winnings line is probably the one we are closest to implementation, and the way we test is that we have all the actual data that will then support what we get from optical tracking data,” Apote said.
It is different from but also a similar, boundary camera system that NFL was Add to various stadiums.
Aponte explained that one special challenge for NFL refers to the shape of the ball.
“We have professionals for computer visions working with the technological side of that,” Aponte said. “And I think in our sport, it’s probably harder, is it a tennis or football in which the ball is round, and (occlusion) is a little challenge for us. But we definitely advanced in the area in terms of seeing. supported the decisions we give. ”
That’s good. But still not good enough. It should be a top priority. Until the technology system is distributed, each game – every game – can be decided on the basis of current brain systems to vocal cables that are far from perfect.
I will not pretend to know the beauties of technical capacities and obstacles to happen. But I know this: NFL has the resources to understand that. The question is whether there is an incentive. Until everyone is demanding changes, the incentive will not be strong enough to end yesterday.
Literally.
