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Tackling Tech: Business and Tech Challenges Mounting for the NFL
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- Published on 04 May 2017
Barely four months into the year and the NFL already faces daunting challenges on multiple fronts. They have been created by tech, business or both, and addressing them will go a long way toward evolving America's game for years to come.
They include fan concerns about too many commercials, a more engaging viewing experience (360-degree replays) and a proposed overhaul of instant replay for the 2017 season. Broader impact issues include introducing player safety products and handling a data deluge fueled by player health info.
Tackling Tech: An Inside Look at NFL Instant Replay for 2017
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- Published on 27 April 2017
Confused by changes to instant replay for 2017? Take a number.
There are plenty of new aspects to examine in what is likely the biggest change to the process in the three decades since instant replay hit the NFL in 1986-87. Tech plays a starring role in this production.
A closer look at the National Football League's plan for instant replay this season reveals details that show that the league and its football operation unit are well-prepared for the move away from under-the-hood systems to centralized decisions made at NFL headquarters.
Tackling Tech: Kiio Overcomes Resistance to Advanced Resistance Training, Targets NFL
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- Published on 20 April 2017
Two years ago, career athlete Dave Grandin was still a man with an ambitious plan to provide tech-driven products to advance resistance training and rehab for average Joes and pros alike.
Aware that resistance training is a component of conditioning and rehab, the former varsity college swimmer-turned-entrepreneur focused on creating a sensor that measures force and reports data wirelessly for tracking, analysis and selection of appropriate corrective action.
Tackling Tech: Next Level Original Content Appears as NFL Draft Nears
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- Published on 13 April 2017
You don't have to be rookie of the year or make a spectacular one-handed "toe-drag-swag" sideline catch to capture the attention of the cameras and fans. That's because the NFL and others are going beyond long-form, original TV series to shorter programming delivered via social media.
In two separate cases in recent weeks, long-established content creator NFL Digital Media and the NFPLA's two-year old ACE Media subsidiary have demonstrated their interest in breaking new ground by creating player-focused original content - a prized asset that can be reworked for watching in different ways. Fans themselves have joined the accelerating content creation trend.
Tackling Tech: Eyes on the 360 Replay Prize: the NFL, NBA and Beyond2
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- Published on 06 April 2017
** THROWBACK THURSDAY – BACK IN THE NEWS! **
360 Degree Replays (Now from Intel)
It creates wrap-around images like those of Keanu Reeves in The Matrix trilogy, has won CBS Sports an Emmy in May and has been called "eye candy" by a career TV broadcasting technologist. And it could be coming to a screen near you.
It's widely known as EyeVision 360. It's tried and true technology, not a promising possibility growing old on the launch pad.
In fact, fans at the Ravens vs. the Panthers pre-season home game on August 11 were served up ground-breaking 360-degree replays on big boards, a practice that's taking root at Levi's Field and AT&T Stadium as well.
Tackling Tech: NFL, NBA Stars Redirect Followers to STEM Careers
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- Published on 06 April 2017
How will young boys and girls respond when their pro sports, entertainment and performing arts idols tell them to pass on fame and focus on careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)?
Sports tech companies hope kids listen to the likes of Drew Brees and LeBron James and consider a career as a mathlete, for example, over a shot at a professional athlete. The same goes for girls hearing a similar message from super-model Adriana Lima, and actress Zendaya.