NFL Admits to Error in Planning at Cowboys Stadium
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By Lance Baker
The subject of much NFL chatter these days has revolved around the new video unit inside the brand new Cowboys Stadium. This is the largest high definition video unit in existence, and is one of many luxuries present in the new stadium. There was an event that took place a few weeks ago that leads many to believe there was poor planning with respect to this unit.
Just a few weeks ago, during the first ever game played inside Cowboys Stadium, the team faced off against the Tennessee Titans in a preseason football game. During this game, a ball was kicked by Tennessee’s punter. The punted ball went high enough to hit the video unit, leading to immediate concerns that its height must be adjusted.
According to a few sources, the NFL has come out and taken responsibility for this blunder, admitting to the pressing need to fix this as soon as possible.
Ray Anderson, currently the NFL’s VP of Operations, held a conference recently and took the blame for this mistake. He acknowledged the fact that this unit is lower than it should be and can’t remain this way.
Anderson admits that the NFL missed the mark when calculating the appropriate height, and should have done some more research into the issue before implementing the unit. Everything was done by using “guesstimates”, he states, and the league in fact felt that 85 feet would be fine. 90 feet, they felt, would be cautious and more than enough. Anderson assured reporters that the problem will be dealt with expediently.
On the Cowboys’ side of things, Jerry Jones has offered his cooperation with respect to the issue, willing to adjust the height of the unit as needed. Additionally, he’s agreed to move an advertisement that hangs from the bottom of the unit.
This screen is no joke. With a 180 foot length and a 73 foot height, it bests the screen at Yankee Stadium, and any other in the world. The value of this screen is a whopping $40 million.
When all is said and done, the fact that a game could be disrupted prompts a necessary adjustment to the board’s height. How soon this may occur still remains to be seen.
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