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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Robots.
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You joke, but I think this is the answer.
I recently played a rec league game volleyball against a team from Stanford. They had a homemade setup where they setup a few cameras around the court hooked up to a computer running their software. It was pretty simple, all it did was watch for when the ball touched the ground and displayed a green in or red out on the screen. But at the same time it made the game go so much smoother. All the complex rules (even the context of the in/out) were still handled by the players, but it made it so much easier not having to think/argue about where exactly the ball hit.
I think the NHL should be looked at similar advancements. All reffing does not need to be automated (and is not yet technically feasible). But if they can get some AI assistance on some basic aspects, it could help the refs focus on the more complicated and less repetitive parts of their job.