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The NFL's Next Gen Stats system tracks every player on every play using RFID tags, stadium receivers and cloud computing. Here is how the data is collected, what it measures, and where AI actually fits in.
Posted by the Qlauson TeamOct 17, 202611 min read
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The NFL's Next Gen Stats system tracks every player on every play using RFID tags, stadium receivers and cloud computing. Here is how the data is collected, what it measures, and where AI actually fits in.
Posted by the Qlauson TeamOct 17, 202611 min read
Sports Technology
MLB's Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System arrived in 2026. Human umpires still call every pitch—but players can now challenge a call and let Hawk-Eye cameras settle it in seconds. Here is how it works.
Posted by the Qlauson TeamOct 17, 202610 min read
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The yellow first-down line on TV is not on the field—it's a computer graphic aligned to a 3D model of the stadium. Here is how cameras, calibration and color separation paint it under players' feet.
Posted by the Qlauson TeamOct 17, 20269 min read
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Statcast's Hawk-Eye cameras track every MLB pitch's velocity, spin rate, movement and release point. Here is how the measurements work, why two 95 mph fastballs can behave differently, and what the numbers can't tell you.
Posted by the Qlauson TeamOct 17, 202610 min read
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Machine-learning models trained on NFL play-by-play data have predicted run versus pass with up to about 80–86% accuracy in research settings. Here's what AI can realistically predict, what it needs, and why certainty is impossible.
Posted by the Qlauson TeamOct 17, 202610 min read
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