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King writes:
"And if the idea goes through, here's hoping the helmet-com systems work about as well as my cellphone does."
Hmmm. Maybe the home team happens to employ some mechanism generating interference on the away team's frequency. Not all the time. Just on a couple of key plays. There'll have to be a coach's challenge for inadequate sound quality in the helmet-com. Then the referee will not only be reviewing plays on the video but reviewing pre-play transmissions on the audio. That'll be some compelling damn TV! And maybe if the left tackle's helmet-com goes on the fritz mid-count on fourth down and he misses a block, the refs will call the failed play back for a redo. The redo will have to wait a couple of minutes while the tech tinkers with the helmet-com. "Testing. Testing. Sibilance."
