A lot of people, especially salesmen, will tell you that bigger is better. Well in the case of the Dallas Cowboys, and the revamping they did to their stadium, bigger turned out to makes things worse.To make the stadium bigger and better, a massive high-definition scoreboard/TV was installed at the top of the stadium (as you see in the picture). Apparently no one realized that the 2,100-inch screen would get in the way of, you know, punts, things like that.
This excerpt is from the Shutdown Corner on Yahoo! Sports: "At the debut of the new Dallas Cowboys stadium last night, Tennessee Titans punter A.J. Trapasso kicked a ball that struck one of the gargantuan high-definition scoreboards that hang over the center of the field. Trapasso's punt sailed straight up and hit one of the two scoreboards that face the endzone. It deflected backward and was ruled in-play until Titans coach Jeff Fisher informed officials (who had been watching the players, not the ball) that the punt struck the scoreboard. By rule, the down was replayed."
Now there are all these concerns that the Cowboys and their management have to deal with. For instance, will punters continue to hit the jumbotron with footballs? Will they try to hit it on purpose to run out the clock? Although, my biggest concern if I was a Cowboy, or their management, or any team that plays the Cowboys: Will this jumbotron fall and kill us all? Or will continuing football hits to the screen damage it and cost craploads of money to fix? But maybe that's just me being insensible.
Either way, I think that screen is stupid. How much did that cost to build? Couldn't they put that money towards, let's say, a better QB or players?
Jaclyn Kahn
2 comments:
That's pretty funny that punts can hit that thing. Apparently it stretches from the 20yd line to the other 20yd line! I guess $1.3 billion just doesn't get you what it used too.
And bigger isn't always better? Where is your mind at? jk, haha...
what are we, in 6th grade? lol Think more the lines of hummers.
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