Why did they stop doing the glowing puck in hockey?

Question

I thought that was pretty cool cause you never lost sight of the puck, even when it went against the boards. I heard the "professional" fans thought it was too distracting? That can't be true.

Answer 1

because it was stupid

Answer 2

Aside from the obvious "it was stupid" answer, the real key to being able to see the puck in hockey is to look at what the players are doing and not the puck. As strange as it sounds, the moment you try to focus on the puck you not only can't follow it very well, but you can't see any plays develop at all either.



Once you train your eyes to watch the players and what they're doing, where they're looking, then the entire game of hockey begins to make sense. You see set plays on both offense and defense that you could never see before unless it was in slow motion and magically, you also begin to actually see the puck because now you can anticipate where it will be.

Answer 3

It wasn't very accurate, and the stupid commet tail made it hard to watch the actual puck. That and the fact that the pucks were expensive and it was a hassle to install the hardware required to monitor the puck. Another reason is because FOX doesn't cover the games anymore. The glowing puck died with the lame hockey playing robot animation.

Answer 4

I hated that glowing puck. I wrote in to fox to stop it. I really hope that others did too. I imagine that is what happened. It really took away from the game.

Answer 5

They never had the glowing puck during regular games. They only uised them during All-Star games. There hasent been an All-Star game in 3 years, so whoi knows. Maybe they still have them.....

Answer 6

Because it was the most retarded idea ever invented! It also was expensive technology. But mostly just dumb!