Anyone who follows football has seen it dozens of times. Old guys amble out onto the field, inevitably halting play for an unreasonably long amount of time. They are the keeprs of the chain, and they are here to slow the game down.
The chain is in one 10-yard piece. Its job, and the job of those tapped to wield it, is to mark the distance needed to achieve a first down.
My question, and in turn my idea, is why are we still using a chain? There's no digitally measured beam of light we can use to measure this same distance? That's my idea. Replace the "chain gang" (so original) with a dude in an NFL polo and a little box that can send a beam of red light to whatever distance tells it to.
That way, when a ball is close to first down achievement, he can sprint out, set the box down, and shoot the light at the ball.
Better yet, put a hole row of these boxes behind the end zone. That way no one has to run out. Some guy upstairs determines which horizontal light to use, does the math, and shoots a light ten yards past the original line of scrimmage.
Maybe I just like the idea of combining football with lazers.
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