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Originally Posted by GioforPM
o/t but I am so cynical about that Hawkeye system. How can you be sure they aren't just graphicking the ball wherever they want (I say the same thing about the hidden donuts game at the dome).
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the system might be doing exactly that, in fact the margin of error for Hawkeye is such that if a ball is sufficiently close to the line then there's a chance the computer is wrong. among other reasons I'm pretty sure that's why they don't use it on clay, because if the computer ruling doesn't line up with the physical marking of the ball, then that throws the whole system into anarchy.
what players and fans like about it is that it's decisive one way or another, and the computer doesn't (or shouldn't) have an agenda. there's no additional arguing with an official...just accept and move one. I'm thinking it would be the same for hockey except for the few obligatory crackpot conspiracy theorists.