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Originally Posted by NFump
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Not as quick as a keyword searh and doesn't give you all the possibilities
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2) It's an electronic device rain does render it useless. If it's under cover so can the rulebook.
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Look up "hardened", electronic devices that are made for warfafre.
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3) They make rulebooks with larger text.
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And they are the size of the Bible. My butt's not that big, YBMV, call me when a rule boook is backlighted.
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4) Remote official can be in booth or reached via another electronic device called a telephone.
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PDA is real time, on time, at time chat. And it is recordable.
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6) If they aren't looking it up in the rulebook now they damn sure won't be looking it up on a PDA.
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Fo r the third time, see above regarding commitment. You think officials in toher sports say "I don't want to be bothered with IR" when the commitment is made and their employers demand it?
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7) Never, ever have I seen a fan using a PDA to look up rules at a game of any type. They wouldn't understand them even if they did.
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It's a New World, join it.
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9) A new technology is not necessary, a system is already in place that works very well. You may have heard of it, it's called a Protest.
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Technologies prevent protests and anything, technological or not, that improves the accuracy of officiating the game should be utilized.
Underutilized Technologies Or Overblown Egos?
Egos. O r maybe you would prefer to just get the call wrong and be done with it.