Digitally remove every player from a taped game of soccer or football, leaving only the ball behind. Add appropriate music. The ball will seem to jump and dance of it's own free will, performing a bizzare ballet to the rapture of the adoring crowd. And when the ball finally plunges itself in the net at the crescendo, the crowd go wild with appreciation.-- simonj, Feb 05 2009 Video: Revealing the technology of invisibility http://www.newscien...s&nsref=online-news06:00 04 February 2009 by Sandrine Ceurstemont [Ian Tindale, Feb 06 2009] What this one?, Free_20us_20from_20...20pay_20for_20it_29free us from the tyranny of advertisers [simonj, Feb 07 2009] This should be done live, with a robot ball.-- bungston, Feb 05 2009 No need for robots, this is hamster work.-- Laughs Last, Feb 05 2009 Or you could make just one player invisible, for an occasional surprise.-- phundug, Feb 06 2009 A lot of work, but well worth it I reckon. I suspect it would be easier to just track the ball position and then render a cgi ball onto an empty pitch, with appropriate camera moves.-- wagster, Feb 06 2009 Or move the ball 2 metres to the left, reverse the path of the ball completely, or superimpose one game's ball on another game's players, on a third game's crowd. Utterly ridiculous [+]-- MadnessInMyMethod, Feb 06 2009 See if you can merge ideas with. Free us from.............. under the business category. This would be perfect!!!-- porge, Feb 07 2009 From the title, I knew this would be about soccer.-- Amos Kito, Feb 07 2009 Coming soon to a music video near you [+]-- BunsenHoneydew, Feb 08 2009 I think it would be funnier to digitally remove the ball. +-- colorclocks, Feb 08 2009 With different coloured balls you could save time by watching several games at once.-- hippo, Feb 09 2009 Maybe just leave the goalkeepers, making them look foolish as they concede against nothing.-- Germanicus, Feb 09 2009 Newspapers could run "Spot the player" competitions.-- hippo, Feb 09 2009 No, just leave the referee.-- marklar, Feb 09 2009 Laugh as he brandishes red cards.-- Germanicus, Feb 11 2009 This doesn't have to be just about soccer, virtually any ball game could be used.-- simonj, Feb 11 2009 + good 'un! tennis would be boring...worse yet, ping-pong!-- xandram, Feb 12 2009 halfbakery