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Football Officiating => General Discussion => Topic started by: younggun on October 18, 2012, 10:52:19 AM

Title: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: younggun on October 18, 2012, 10:52:19 AM

Where do you see the state of football officiating in the year 2030?For NFL, college, and high school? Does technology take a bigger role in all of them? Will there be even more of a struggle to recruit new officials? and what ever questions you think there might be..... Discuss....

Title: Re: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: maven on October 18, 2012, 10:56:00 AM

Football is banned in 2022 as too dangerous. Blame the lawyers.

Title: Re: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: Tredstone on October 18, 2012, 11:26:03 AM

I am afraid Maven might be right. hEaDbAnG

Title: Re: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: Welpe on October 18, 2012, 01:11:12 PM

Quote from: maven on October 18, 2012, 10:56:00 AM

Football is banned in 2022 as too dangerous. Blame the lawyers.

Soccer will be the premier national sport and baseball will be a game played by a die hard few with low turn out and bad TV ratings.

Hey it could happen.

Title: Re: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: maven on October 18, 2012, 01:13:24 PM

Quote from: Welpe on October 18, 2012, 01:11:12 PM

Soccer will be the premier national sport and baseball will be a game played by a die hard few with low turn out and bad TV ratings.

Hey it could happen.

And soccre will evolve to 7-official crews.

Title: Re: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: Welpe on October 18, 2012, 01:26:28 PM

There will be no officials, just goal line technology and robots running the lines.

Title: Re: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: bama_stripes on October 18, 2012, 06:31:12 PM

Quote from: Welpe on October 18, 2012, 01:11:12 PM

Rugby will be the premier national sport and football will be a game played by a die hard few with low turn out and bad TV ratings.

Hey it could happen.

FIFY.

Title: Re: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: maven on October 18, 2012, 07:18:27 PM

Quote from: Welpe on October 18, 2012, 01:11:12 PM

MMA will be the premier national sport and NASCAR will be a game played by a die hard few with low turn out and bad TV ratings.

Hey it could happen.

FIFY. ;D

Title: Re: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: clearwall on October 21, 2012, 01:36:52 PM

I plan to be working the Super Bowl that year...

Title: Re: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: Wettstein on October 23, 2012, 03:52:30 PM

2025 American football banned
2030 - Soccer is premier sport
2030, soccer game goes awry, officials can't stop iot.  One team is angry other team is using hands and therefore picks up the ball and charges towards opponents goal.  Opponenets try to stop ball carrier and bring him to ground.  He carries 8 defenders into goal.  Fans go wild.  Televisions ratings skyrocket.
2031 - Soccer adopts rules that you can pick up ball and charge it into opponenets goal.  Other team is allowed to grab you and pull hit, or knock you to the ground.
2035 - Soccer adopts use of helmets, shoulder pads, and various other padding to reduce number of injuries.

Title: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: Welpe on October 23, 2012, 09:50:11 PM

We already have Rugby. :P

Title: Re: Football Officiating in 2030
Post by: JasonTX on October 24, 2012, 12:59:21 AM

Quote from: Wettstein on October 23, 2012, 03:52:30 PM

2025 American football banned
2030 - Soccer is premier sport
2030, soccer game goes awry, officials can't stop iot.  One team is angry other team is using hands and therefore picks up the ball and charges towards opponents goal.  Opponenets try to stop ball carrier and bring him to ground.  He carries 8 defenders into goal.  Fans go wild.  Televisions ratings skyrocket.
2031 - Soccer adopts rules that you can pick up ball and charge it into opponenets goal.  Other team is allowed to grab you and pull hit, or knock you to the ground.
2035 - Soccer adopts use of helmets, shoulder pads, and various other padding to reduce number of injuries.

2040 - Soccer adopts the forward pass.
2042 - Soccer changes the shape of the ball to a prolate spheroid.