NFL considering placing chips inside of game balls this preseason and Thursday games as a way to help tweak certain rules in the future and help out refs in the near future.
K balls would help determine if the goal posts should get narrower to make FGs and extra points even harder to make.
Regular balls would help refs in regards to being more accurate when spotting the ball after downs. Only issue being science is split on how effective it is when dogpiles occur.
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Originally Posted by ESPN
For years, the NFL has been investigating the possibility of using chips in footballs to help improve the inexact science of ball placement.
Officials put the ball at the spot they believe it hits when the runner is ruled down. A chip could provide a more precise location on plays near the first-down marker. It could also help officials determine when (and if) the ball crossed the goal line.
Research to this point had suggested that chips were unreliable when the ball is buried in a pile of players.
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