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Originally posted by Dribble
Speaking of new technologies, I wonder if/when they'll come out with a microchip inside the ball that'll determine if it crosses the GL at any point. Perfect the technology and you could even use it to determine 1st downs without bringing the chains out.
I say within 15 years this technology is in place and being used in the NFL...
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Where are you going to put the chip? In the middle of the ball? What if only the tip of the ball hits the goal line (which is all it has to do)? Is the chip going to know that?
You could, I suppose, bury a wire of some sort all along the inward edge of the goal line, extending all the way across the field, the problem is what would "trip" the signal.
Would you have to put a chip in each point of the ball and one in the middle just to be reasonably sure that it would trip the signal?
Remember, the Cyclops machine at the US Open was full of problems when they started using it. Do they still use it? I don't even know.