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Essentially it's for the exact reason you think: so people could see the ball better. The interesting part is that it wasn't for the players to see the ball be

Essentially it's for the exact reason you think: so people could see the ball better. The interesting part is that it wasn't for the players to see the ball better, but television watchers.

praptak 7y ago
They tried to do it digitally with the hockey puck (FoxTrax glowing puck tech) but it got poor reception.
- Jamwinner 7y ago
  If they has set the trails to 20 instead of 100, I think it would have bugged less people. As it was, it popped too much and made the game look like a background.
jzwinck 7y ago
Same happened with billiards: the plain white cue ball got 6 or 8 red dots put on for TV viewers to be able to see the spin a bit. Of course the players can benefit too but that's not why they did it, and many pool halls still use plain white balls when not hosting serious competitions.