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Originally Posted by HLin NC
Watch some of those old, old games on YouTube. They run around like crazed court jesters, jump into piles, run towards the goal while they signal, dramatic TD signals, etc.
Definitely less hurried looking with today's mechanics.
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The idea behind any (and all) evolution, is improvement, which unfortunately is not always the end, or total, result. Tanks were once considered the ultimate weapons, until someone devised countering with airplanes.
Football, especially at the professional level, has "evolved" considerably since the Colts-Giants Championship of 1958, as has the practice and requirements necessary to officiate the game. Rules, and officiating crew sizes necessary to accomodate them, have modified considerably. Communication requirements and technology has changed dramatically.
There actually was a time were (knowledgable) spectators actually understood ALL the signals given by field officials, without being told by "Common-tators" what (they thought) everything meant.
Lets not get ahead of ourselves, what we see today is definitely DIFFERENT, but whether it proves to be an IMPROVEMENT won't be decided until people from the future look back and say so.
Was a loaf of bread at $0.15, back in the day, a better deal than $2.50 today, (all things considered) or just different?