is there any good reason why the uprights arent 10 feet taller (1 Viewer)

[Angry Beavers]

I would imagine it may obstruct the view for more fans. So you are probably the reason they are not higher. GG.

I don't think a higher goal post would be that obstructive since it would only affect people sitting higher up.I personally think they should put some type of explosive forcefield in between the goal posts. That way if the kick is good, the ball would just explode once it goes through the uprights. How exciting would that be?

You have my vote for Commissioner

How cool would it be when someone forgets, dunks the ball in celebration and loses part of their hand... now that would be entertainment!

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I would imagine it may obstruct the view for more fans. So you are probably the reason they are not higher. GG.

I don't think a higher goal post would be that obstructive since it would only affect people sitting higher up.I personally think they should put some type of explosive forcefield in between the goal posts. That way if the kick is good, the ball would just explode once it goes through the uprights. How exciting would that be?

You have my vote for Commissioner

How cool would it be when someone forgets, dunks the ball in celebration and loses part of their hand... now that would be entertainment!

It would make Matt Schaub's missing earlobe seem like nothing.

 

[DoubleG]

I would imagine it may obstruct the view for more fans. So you are probably the reason they are not higher. GG.

I don't think a higher goal post would be that obstructive since it would only affect people sitting higher up.I personally think they should put some type of explosive forcefield in between the goal posts. That way if the kick is good, the ball would just explode once it goes through the uprights. How exciting would that be?

You have my vote for Commissioner

How cool would it be when someone forgets, dunks the ball in celebration and loses part of their hand... now that would be entertainment!

"Jason Witten will be on the injury report...again...this time for actually catching a TD..."

 

[GregR]

Problem with laser beam idea or camera idea is what if the ball passes directly over the goal post? When a ball hits an upright sometimes it fall in, sometimes out. There is no way to determine this without extending the uprights higher.

Pretty easy to fix that. If the ball touches the freaking laser beam, its good. If it doesn't, no good.

would you also change the rules to say that if the ball hits the upright its good? Same reasoning

No. It isn't the same reasoning.

It is odd that the football has to go through the uprights but once above that it only has to cross a portion of it. Really weird that the target expands at the top like that. No way that kick is good if the posts are there.

If you're standing beneath a goal post and you look straight along the upright, you can tell definitively if any part of the ball passed outside the upright. You cannot necessarily tell if part of the ball passed over the upright, though, since you can't see through metal.So it makes sense as worded.

 

[BoltBacker]

I like the idea for laser rays coming vertically off the top of the goal posts. Make the rays strong enough to visibly see them from the stands on kicks. And also ought to have digital horizontal yellow stripes that paint the field and can be visibly seen from the stands too. And let's insert chips at the elbow pads and knee pads that detect the moment of contact to the millimeter of where the digital yellow line is while were at it. Digitize the goal lines and end zone with markings that dilineate the pylon markers. Go crazy with LED's I say.

I think you forgot the light cycles.

 

[RandyDB]

The laser beam will cut the ball in half. If the bigger half goes through, its good.

Definition of HALF1a : either of two equal parts that compose something

 

[Sarnoff]

Problem with laser beam idea or camera idea is what if the ball passes directly over the goal post? When a ball hits an upright sometimes it fall in, sometimes out. There is no way to determine this without extending the uprights higher.

Pretty easy to fix that. If the ball touches the freaking laser beam, its good. If it doesn't, no good.

would you also change the rules to say that if the ball hits the upright its good? Same reasoning

No. It isn't the same reasoning.

It is odd that the football has to go through the uprights but once above that it only has to cross a portion of it. Really weird that the target expands at the top like that. No way that kick is good if the posts are there.

The rules state that once above the upright, the ball has to pass fully within the outermost edge. That is, if there was a laser pointer taped to the upright, you'd mount it on the outside edge of the rim pointing straight up, and if the ball hit that beam then it passed outside the edge of the post and would be no good. The ball does not have to cross a portion of it, the entire ball must pass fully within the outside edge.And to texasheat's post, you don't have to change the rules, either.

 

[BaBastage]

Laser beams won't work. Besides the alignment issues, everyone knows laser beams cut footballs right in half.

Actually, lasers would work just fine. It's the sharks that I'd be worried about. Seriously though, there isn't a technical reason not to put a light beam trigger pointed vertically exactly centered on the top of each goalpost. If the ball touches the beam, the kick is good.

 

[Quibbler]

Laser beams won't work. Besides the alignment issues, everyone knows laser beams cut footballs right in half.

Actually, lasers would work just fine. It's the sharks that I'd be worried about.

Those are there to scare players away from the exploding forcefield.

 

[fatness]

I can't think of a single problem in life that can't be solved with laser beams.

Rethink this the next time your crotch itches.

 

[DoubleG]

I can't think of a single problem in life that can't be solved with laser beams.

Rethink this the next time your crotch itches.

Very gentle laser beams. What?

 

[cracKer]

I suggest midgets, errr...little people sitting atop each of the goal posts. Their mini referee outfits would be adorable

Honestly though, this is the same league that uses sticks and a chain to measure first downs (as someone mentioned) and never has a clear camera angle down the goalline. Football is a game of inches, yet the process is pretty archaic

 

[SacramentoBob]

I can't think of a single problem in life that can't be solved with laser beams.

Rethink this the next time your crotch itches.

Very gentle laser beams. What?

 

[Hipple Long Ware & Peete]

Has there ever been a time where a goal post was ripped down by angry/excited fans like in college games? That could be bad if the uprights were 10 feet taller.

That's 20 more feets worth for fans to say "I was carrying the fg post"

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I can't think of a single problem in life that can't be solved with laser beams.

Rethink this the next time your crotch itches.

Very gentle laser beams. What?

"Mr. Spock, set your phaser to "gently massage"

 

[flooredyas]

If they were 10 foot taller, last night doesn't happen.

 

[Ray_T]

I would imagine it may obstruct the view for more fans. So you are probably the reason they are not higher. GG.

I don't think a higher goal post would be that obstructive since it would only affect people sitting higher up.I personally think they should put some type of explosive forcefield in between the goal posts. That way if the kick is good, the ball would just explode once it goes through the uprights. How exciting would that be?

and then we could have a big tank in the end-zone with sharks that have friccin' laser beams attached to their forehead and throw Replacement refs in there when they make bad calls to appease the fans.that would be awesome

 

[Sarnoff]

The problem is if you make them 10 feet taller, Janikowski would still boom one over the top in a game and we'd be back here in the same spot. Must make them 100 feet taller.

 

[matuski]

it would just look like you are compensating for something.

 

[Annyong]

the defense should have a chance to shoot the ball out of the air