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For Discussion... Referees
Regarding NFL and Collegiate, do any of you think that a time will come where the human aspect of officiating a sport will become obsolete?
Is it possible that technology will progress to a point to where camera resolution and placement will officiate the games entirely?
I just happened to watch several games yesterday and Saturday (bowls) where the officials made major and minor errors and it just got me to thinking. I'm not belly-aching over any game in particular. Cameras don't lie and they're never wrong. Is the technology already there and we just choose to use the live refs?
Or looking at it another way, removing officials from the field of play altogether and have them make rulings on what the cameras show? I know that this is already done to an extent, but it seems like they are sometimes in the way and deliberately slow the game down when teams are attempting to use momentum.
The possibility for players to have "smart" helmets and uniforms to decide on specific calls would be available in the future too, if it isn't already.
And I'm not just talking about football either; I am curious about this including all sports. Or in the debate, is human officiating an integral part of the game and must never go away?
I don't know if this has been discussed here before or not. Just my mind wandering.
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