Earlier today, Troy Vincent, the Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the National Football League, tweeted a good deal of information about new video and wireless networking technologies that the NFL will test at the ProBowl.
I don’t know if this is the first time that the NFL has used Twitter to deliver a message in this fashion, but it seems like they are using Twitter as a vehicle to present information in almost a slide show format.
.@NFL #ProBowl is an opportunity for the league to test new sideline technology. I want to share more about what we’ll use to do that
— Troy Vincent (@TroyVincent23) January 23, 2015
More information about NFL Football Operations and the technologies they use is available at http://operations.nfl.com/the-game/technology/.
#NFLtech: During #ProBowl, we’ll experiment with a @twitter station to allow players to use @Microsoft tablets to send tweets from sidelines
— Troy Vincent (@TroyVincent23) January 23, 2015
#NFLTech: We’ll test having referees use a tablet to view a play during challenge rather than going under the hood. pic.twitter.com/oCoyKZp7zW
— Troy Vincent (@TroyVincent23) January 23, 2015
#NFLTech: Coaches will test use of 2 tablets which show the high end zone & high sideline cameras pic.twitter.com/xWCaKPDgMc
— Troy Vincent (@TroyVincent23) January 23, 2015
#NFLTech: A sideline video extractor will allow officials to tag plays & track their duration pic.twitter.com/LaNxoMMD1K
— Troy Vincent (@TroyVincent23) January 23, 2015
#NFLtech: During #ProBowl, we’ll also test wireless connectivity that provides full coverage on the field pic.twitter.com/KzWjntEGnK
— Troy Vincent (@TroyVincent23) January 23, 2015
#NFLtech: During #ProBowl, we’ll use IP-based intercom rather than existing analog intercom for instant replay pic.twitter.com/Yjv0VHRDLG
— Troy Vincent (@TroyVincent23) January 23, 2015
#NFLTech: During #ProBowl, we’ll also test new equipment for encrypted coach-to-coach communication pic.twitter.com/4jnebwVOSh
— Troy Vincent (@TroyVincent23) January 23, 2015
.@NFL may adopt some of these technological advances — or none of them. The league puts every technological advance through its paces.
— Troy Vincent (@TroyVincent23) January 23, 2015
Learn more about #NFLtech on our new #NFLOps website: http://t.co/yapBST1ECF pic.twitter.com/k5AcMTHGNp
— Troy Vincent (@TroyVincent23) January 23, 2015