We're all forgetting here...we've been using technology in sports for decades! Sports have always been caught on tape. That process has been fine tuned pretty well all this time. I conceed that they could up the frame rate (as mentioned above). But come on; look at the progress since Mikey Mantle's day, when all was black and white and the score board on the bottom of the screen was just a group of white letters and numbers. Now we've got the little fox logo with the animated chart that shows you the entire game's situation.
I say, there's no need to introduce new "technology"--sensors, blah blah--just apply what's already working. Videos. I say much can be discovered based on a simple video replay. Even in full motion. How often does ESPN show you a throw to first that realy does beat the runner even though the runner is called safe.
The rules of Baseball do not say, "The runner is out if the umpire perceives that the first baseman had the ball first." They rule that a runner is out when the first baseman is actually on the bag with the ball before the runner.
I think that the fact are more important than the umpires perceptions. It will lead to closer adherence to the rules, which will make sports purer.
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We're all forgetting here...we've been using technology in sports for decades! Sports have always been caught on tape. That process has been fine tuned pretty well all this time. I conceed that they could up the frame rate (as mentioned above). But come on; look at the progress since Mikey Mantle's day, when all was black and white and the score board on the bottom of the screen was just a group of white letters and numbers. Now we've got the little fox logo with the animated chart that shows you the entire game's situation.
I say, there's no need to introduce new "technology"--sensors, blah blah--just apply what's already working. Videos. I say much can be discovered based on a simple video replay. Even in full motion. How often does ESPN show you a throw to first that realy does beat the runner even though the runner is called safe.
The rules of Baseball do not say, "The runner is out if the umpire perceives that the first baseman had the ball first." They rule that a runner is out when the first baseman is actually on the bag with the ball before the runner.
I think that the fact are more important than the umpires perceptions. It will lead to closer adherence to the rules, which will make sports purer.