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Originally Posted by Shazam
You don't need AI to determine offsides. It's not a hugely complicated problem.
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Actually, it is a problem.
A quick internet search shows that there was 68 Offside challenges last season with a 90% overturned rate. Each of those challenges is a waste of time for the fans watching the game and a real point of frustration if it results in a goal being called back over a blown offside call.
If automating offsides reduces those coaches challenges to zero, then that is a pretty big win for the league.
Once offsides are automated, it will be easy to start in on automating icing the puck, high-sticks, puck out of play, etc. and essentially make linesmen obsolete and move the NHL to having 4 referees on the ice. Then, threaten to automate the referee jobs too if they cannot do a better job of objectively calling the games.
Eventually referees could just be there to drop pucks for faceoffs, reset nets, breakup scrums, and walk players off the ice for penalties called by the AI.