Comments on: 5 Sports Innovations That Didn’t Quite Take

By: Dany

Dany — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:52:35 +0000

I watched 49 seconds of the hockey puck and I couldn’t follow it at all But I’m not a hockey fan in the first place. Besides I agree with Varuna. The plays are more important then then watching the puck.

By: hockeyzombie

hockeyzombie — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:39:11 +0000

@CMK and Derek, I’m with you. I still can’t believe that Pittsburg is getting a second Winter Classic game before most other teams have had a first. Each team should get their moment, not just Crosbys. I would really like to see bettmen out on his rear.

The streak was annoying, although during the same time the had the invisible boards. So if the play was on the near boards the boards were made “invisible.” I did enjoy that since you could see the scrum going on there.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:40:31 +0000

I mostly remember the blue glow being in the crowd instead of on the ice, but that puck could not be used at the Igloo in Pittsburgh due to the materials of the construction of the building, the signal couldn’t get out to the truck.

So glad they took this technology to NASCAR as it was always so hard to tell who was driving which car…

By: PolkaKing

PolkaKing — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:10:10 +0000

No mnetion of the Flyer’s Cooperalls?

By: Varuna

Varuna — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:00:24 +0000

Besides, any true hockey fan usually isn’t looking at the puck itself. You’re looking at the plays being set up behind the puck to score the goal.

By: Regina

Regina — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:26:08 +0000

I could be wrong here, maybe it was a joke, but didn’t the NFL try to switch to the Metric System for awhile??

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:21:26 +0000

I second cmk’s thoughts. I can’t believe Bettman still has a job. Since he has taken over the game, he has run the league into the ground. Popularity of the game has declined , we have seen 2 lockouts and gross overexpansion, and the league lost its ESPN contract and has been demoted to the dungeons of the VS. network. But, then again, he finds a way to make the owners money, albeit at the expense of the integrity of the game. Sorry to complain, but it is painful to watch my favorite game being turned into the NBA.

By: cmk

cmk — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:06:23 +0000

With Bettman in charge of the NHL, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see lime green pucks and purple ice before he is finally ousted! Bettman=dumb ideas. And yes, I like my hockey the ‘old-fashioned’ way.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:17:53 +0000

Also, as I recall the modified hockey pucks were much more expensive than the originals, thus people were assigned to go and retrieve each puck that landed in the stands, much to the dismay of the fans. This practice drew much criticism and was later stopped.