The person responsible for the design of the new scoreboard at Hilton is undoubtedly an expert at taking home videos, but I doubt that he/she has ever attended a basketball game. This “scoreboard” is an excellent example of form over function. It does not report the score. It contains no clock.

True, these features can be found on other mini-scoreboards around Hilton, but from my seat, some of these were obscured by the 30 second clocks mounted over the backboards. Moreover, the new scoreboard reverses the position of points and personal fouls and does not indicate which player committed a foul (the old scoreboard flashed the number of the player committing a foul). To keep track of the game, fans now have to look at three different information boards at three different locations in Hilton — the scoreboard which only shows the points and fouls (not in that order) of each player, a mini scoreboard which actually shows the score and time, and the stat board showing the shooting percentages, rebounding etc. A fan who is more interested in the game than the crowd can get more neck exercise in Hilton than at a tennis match!

I hope that all fans who are as displeased with this example of high technology with limited usefulness as I am will inundate the Daily and/or the athletic office with complaints. In the meantime, one solution is to have the video camera people film the mini scoreboards so that we could actually see the score and time on the new scoreboard.

James C. McElroy

Professor

Management