[[tmz:video id="0_g2fyg1py"]] Here's Uga alum Todd Gurley talking some smack about Lsu -- claiming when it comes to producing running backs, Georgia leaves the Tigers in the dust. We were talking to Gurley about Evander Holyfield's son Elijah -- an incoming freshman who's been hailed as the next great Georgia running back -- when he put the crosshairs on his SEC rival. "That's what we do at Georgia, we breed running backs. We're 'Running Back U,...
- 5/25/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Blown calls should be a thing of the past by now. New technology is helping refs avoid big flubs, catching fouls when they turn a blind eye or zeroing in on too-close-to-call plays through Matrix-style instant replay. We've already seen how successful these innovations have been deployed in tennis with its "Hawk-Eye" officiating; soon, this tech could be coming to football and also ... football.
A report out this week claims the NFL is in discussions with Cairos Technologies about possible "chip-in-ball technology." The German-based firm would be implanting microchips in footballs to help referees more accurately determine whether the pigskin had indeed passed first-down or touchdown lines. Cairos is also said to be bidding to bring the same technology to the soccer pitch. Both sports have been plagued with blown calls for years, and while the NFL currently uses instant replay for contentious calls, soccer has been especially tech-agnostic.
Chip-in-ball...
A report out this week claims the NFL is in discussions with Cairos Technologies about possible "chip-in-ball technology." The German-based firm would be implanting microchips in footballs to help referees more accurately determine whether the pigskin had indeed passed first-down or touchdown lines. Cairos is also said to be bidding to bring the same technology to the soccer pitch. Both sports have been plagued with blown calls for years, and while the NFL currently uses instant replay for contentious calls, soccer has been especially tech-agnostic.
Chip-in-ball...
- 8/6/2010
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
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