Do it this way. Take away the RT penalty (still DQ an actual false start though) but start the clock per individual runner, either when they've cleared the blocks or their chest breaks the plane of the start/finish line. The tech exists to do that.
Do this for the jumps too, just use a machine to calculate exactly where they took off instead of making them take off from the board.
Terrible idea.
Nailing the board is fundamental to the event. It would be asinine to compete at and watch athletes mindlessly jumping from any spot they feel like.
How about no reaction time nonsense and if you go before the gun you get DQ'd. Seem simple enough.
And the random timed gun idea is stupid. The starter is supposed to fire the pistol once all the runners are set. It's not supposed to be random with the runners sitting there with there butts in the air for a random length of time based on an algorithm.
Nope. False doesn't necessarily mean moving forward. Once the runners are called to the set position no movement in the blocks is allowed. That means no rocking, no side to side, no head movement, and of course no forward movement. Any kind of movement is disallowed because that kind of movement can cause false starts from the other runners. There's no way a human starter can see a sprinter jumping in milliseconds -- one thousandths of a second. Only an electronic device can detect movement down to the millisecond.
Run th race and DQ after. No more restarts. They don't stop other races for DQ for pushing or lane violation.
Uh, no. A runner "wins" the race by catching a flyer and then after the race concludes it's announced he isn't the winner? Terrible faux pas and pretty disappointing for spectators.
Run th race and DQ after. No more restarts. They don't stop other races for DQ for pushing or lane violation.
Uh, no. A runner "wins" the race by catching a flyer and then after the race concludes it's announced he isn't the winner? Terrible faux pas and pretty disappointing for spectators.
Put a light behind the the blocks that lights up so the spectators know right away. That will tip them off that it won't count, much like a holding flag in football puts an asterisk on an impending pass.
Uh, no. A runner "wins" the race by catching a flyer and then after the race concludes it's announced he isn't the winner? Terrible faux pas and pretty disappointing for spectators.
Put a light behind the the blocks that lights up so the spectators know right away. That will tip them off that it won't count, much like a holding flag in football puts an asterisk on an impending pass.
I have an idea inspired by football. If one false starts, they have to move their blocks 1 meter back. That way, they still get to run but at a disadvantage.