There are few things that are more disappointing for athletes and fans than witnessing their favorite sports team losing a game that was decided by a bad call. Implementing the use of instant replay would allow for an increased accuracy and make sure that missed calls are corrected. Even a good official could find him or herself out of position and be unable to see how a particular play unfolds, or they could simply just miss a call. Instant replay could be the answer that can help fix the correctable errors, and allow the athletes to get back on the field and decide the outcome of the game.
The instant replay system emerged from, and is basically the result of improved broadcast capabilities. Technology today allows every fan watching the …show more content…
Even though we have come to rely on instant replay, the technologies used in sports today was not always seamless.
There is an obvious relationship between advances in technology and its effect on sporting events. Instant replay in sports has probably has sparked as much controversy as it fixed since being introduced more than 50 years ago, but it's hard to imagine watching games today without it. One of the early pioneers named George Retzlaff, is credited with using a hot processor to produce a replay of a goal during the 1955-56 season (Allen, 2010). Retzlaff annoyed sponsors because he did not provide enough notice of his plan to use his innovation. The program's other production studio did not have the necessary equipment to duplicate his method, so for these reasons he never used it again. Tony Verna, who was hired as a director at CBS, had experimented with videotape while working the 1960 Rome Olympics (Allen, 2010). Verna eventually developed a system using audio tones added to the cue track of the videotape that enabled him to rewind to the point just before the ball was snapped on the …show more content…
The National Football League (NFL) uses the instant replay method to review a specific play using various cameras at different angles to conclude or assess the accuracy of the initial call of its officials. The instant play in the NFL can take place in the event of a close or controversial call, by either the request of the team’s head coach; but there are limitations attached to it, or by the officials. Personally it is believed that instant replays like the ones used by the NFL showed be placed in all sports in order to sort through bad
The instant replay system emerged from, and is basically the result of improved broadcast capabilities. Technology today allows every fan watching the …show more content…
Even though we have come to rely on instant replay, the technologies used in sports today was not always seamless.
There is an obvious relationship between advances in technology and its effect on sporting events. Instant replay in sports has probably has sparked as much controversy as it fixed since being introduced more than 50 years ago, but it's hard to imagine watching games today without it. One of the early pioneers named George Retzlaff, is credited with using a hot processor to produce a replay of a goal during the 1955-56 season (Allen, 2010). Retzlaff annoyed sponsors because he did not provide enough notice of his plan to use his innovation. The program's other production studio did not have the necessary equipment to duplicate his method, so for these reasons he never used it again. Tony Verna, who was hired as a director at CBS, had experimented with videotape while working the 1960 Rome Olympics (Allen, 2010). Verna eventually developed a system using audio tones added to the cue track of the videotape that enabled him to rewind to the point just before the ball was snapped on the …show more content…
The National Football League (NFL) uses the instant replay method to review a specific play using various cameras at different angles to conclude or assess the accuracy of the initial call of its officials. The instant play in the NFL can take place in the event of a close or controversial call, by either the request of the team’s head coach; but there are limitations attached to it, or by the officials. Personally it is believed that instant replays like the ones used by the NFL showed be placed in all sports in order to sort through bad