NFL mulling microchips in footballs for goal line rulings
Until cameras can actually see through the players, instant replay reviews for on field rulings will never be 100%. Using a chip in the ball for sensing when the ball crosses the goal line will help aid the decision making process but still won’t tell the officials if the player was “down” before crossing.
The NFL is serious business. So serious, in fact, that the idea of refs getting decisions wrong sends chills up and down Roger Goodell’s spine. Yeah, we all know they do it habitually, but the League seems to be considering improving accuracy just a little bit with the help of some tech. Cairos Technologies, a German outfit that’s been trying to sell its goal line technology to football (as in soccer) bigwigs for a while, has told Reuters that it’s in discussions with the NFL about bringing its magnetic field hocus pocus to the gridiron.
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