Thursday, September 04, 2014

New Technology in NFL For Fans and Teams

NFL 2014 season: New technology in NFL for fans and teams "As the National Football League returns to regular-season play, the view from the sidelines may look a little different, with several new technologies coming in for fans, fantasy and football coaches."

Coaches and players will now use Microsoft Surface tablets and Bose headphones. Also,

"Zebra equipped 17 stadiums with its real-time location system (RTLS), which communicates via RFID with a chip in players' shoulder pads...The system will capture player location, motion data and other vital statistics to better measure how players are performing on the field. That data can be viewed in real-time not just by players, coaches and scouts but also by fans and fantasy football enthusiasts."

And stadiums are getting more interesting...

"Kraft said his team, the Patriots, has found success with its game day app, giving fans everything from a custom Patriot Player alarm clock, to traffic alerts on the way to the stadium, to tools to monitor bathroom lines and order food. The stadium has also added a lot of new ribbon board, and instead of using the space for advertising, it's using it for information about the game, and for people tweeting using a specific hashtag."

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