"That's a pretty generous spot for the Saints/Bucs/Seahawks/Browns/Lions" "Hmm...it looked like Newton got the 1st but they're not giving it to him"

[Paintballr]

We rely on 60+ year old white men to run a chain up the field and spot the ball with their eye sight sometimes 10 yards or more away. They use their damn foot to “save the spot”

there is no reason in 2018 when tennis can in the moment spot a ball over a line or not that the NFL doesn’t use the same technology or something in the ball. 

That should be the first thing they ever fix but won’t until the baby boomer generation is gone 

[Moo Daeng]

I dont recall any bad spots last night and at least one that was overturned in our favor.

They lost because of multiple reasons not related to calls 

[Lumps]

18 minutes ago, Paintballr said:

We rely on 60+ year old white men to run a chain up the field and spot the ball with their eye sight sometimes 10 yards or more away. They use their damn foot to “save the spot”

there is no reason in 2018 when tennis can in the moment spot a ball over a line or not that the NFL doesn’t use the same technology or something in the ball. 

That should be the first thing they ever fix but won’t until the baby boomer generation is gone 

Bingo.

just keeping poo in place because ‘it’s always been like that’ despite absolutely no reason for it.

the mistakes the refs make are all part of the game, human error draws reaction and interest/comradarie/emotion from fans...this thread for example

i mean in this day and age it’d be cheaper to just stick a gps on the ball and sensors in helmets/pads, set up cameras etc ...all refs would do is what machines/cameras can’t which is close to nothing

would casual fans enjoy th game as much though? Meh hard to say

 

[Paintballr]

5 hours ago, Lumps said:

Bingo.

just keeping poo in place because ‘it’s always been like that’ despite absolutely no reason for it.

the mistakes the refs make are all part of the game, human error draws reaction and interest/comradarie/emotion from fans...this thread for example

i mean in this day and age it’d be cheaper to just stick a gps on the ball and sensors in helmets/pads, set up cameras etc ...all refs would do is what machines/cameras can’t which is close to nothing

would casual fans enjoy th game as much though? Meh hard to say

 

It’s the reason baseball is a dying sport or better yet, becoming a regional sport rather than a national sport. 

No one wants to sit in front of a TV and watch a 5-6 hour baseball game where the score is 2-1. They refuse to adapt and figure “well we’ve always done it that way since the 1890’s, so we won’t change” 

Why an ump is behind home plate guessing on a strike zone, or using judgement on foul balls etc. they keep doing it “because it’s always been that way”.

[KeePounding]

6 hours ago, Paintballr said:

We rely on 60+ year old white men to run a chain up the field and spot the ball with their eye sight sometimes 10 yards or more away. They use their damn foot to “save the spot”

there is no reason in 2018 when tennis can in the moment spot a ball over a line or not that the NFL doesn’t use the same technology or something in the ball. 

That should be the first thing they ever fix but won’t until the baby boomer generation is gone 

The NFL is intentionally keeping human elements alive as being part of the game. Are you old enough to remember NFL football with no replay system? I just wish they would allow teams to challenge flags. Not "no calls" but actual flagged plays. Makes no sense they havent added this yet.

[JawnyBlaze]

“The human element” is the sorriest, laziest, lamest excuse ever. There shouldn’t be a “human element” when accuracy is possible.  There’s absolutely no reason to intentionally allow mistakes except as a way to influence games when they want to. 

[jfra78]

how about the play where we did stop them on 3rd and short.  Then they called false start or something, of course they get the first down on 3rd and 6

[OneBadCat]

6 hours ago, Lumps said:

Bingo.

just keeping poo in place because ‘it’s always been like that’ despite absolutely no reason for it.

the mistakes the refs make are all part of the game, human error draws reaction and interest/comradarie/emotion from fans...this thread for example

i mean in this day and age it’d be cheaper to just stick a gps on the ball and sensors in helmets/pads, set up cameras etc ...all refs would do is what machines/cameras can’t which is close to nothing

would casual fans enjoy th game as much though? Meh hard to say

 

They keep them in place because it allows them just enough leeway to influence the games.

[Oldmanrivera]

31 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

“The human element” is the sorriest, laziest, lamest excuse ever. There shouldn’t be a “human element” when accuracy is possible.  There’s absolutely no reason to intentionally allow mistakes except as a way to influence games when they want to. 

the only "human element" that should effect the game are the athletes playing.

Id hate to be training my whole life to play a game that ultimately has an external force effecting it.

[Oldmanrivera]

4 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

They keep them in place because it allows them just enough leeway to influence the games.

bingoooo

And if you question it, or actively question refs, you are reprimanded 

[Basbear]

 

I miss venom......

[Moo Daeng]

I got poo for saying the team is losing for reasons other than bad calls.

If you bother to watch the games you would see a myriad of defense lapses for big plays, ineffective offense when its needed, and coaching mistakes.