Cowboys video screens become an issue

They say that everything in Texas is bigger. For the video screens at new Cowboys Stadium that is certainly the case. the screens measure 25 yards tall by 60 yards wide, and they offer the fans at the new stadium an unprecedented view of all the action on the field. However after the stadium debuted last night with a Dallas Cowboys-Tennessee Titans pre-season game, the screens may be a very large issue.

The screens sit 90 feet about the field, a full five feet higher the minimum height about the field as per NFL rules. However Titans punter AJ Trapasso hit he screen while punting hit it once, and almost hit it again. On the play where the ball hit the screen the officials had to declare a do over on the kicking play.

During testing the Cowboys used their kicker and while he hit it several times the thinking at the time was he was hitting it because he was trying too. The Cowboys officials thought that in game punts would be lower then a guy trying to hit the screens.

The real problem here is if the Cowboys have to move the screens it may cost over 2 million dollars. That would be in addition to the 1.2 billion the team has already spent constructing the new stadium. However if this is going to be an issue than the league will have to step in and force the change.