Sports Technology

I've already admitted to being a sports-avoider, but when caught at my dad's the other day, I decided to watch a few minutes of a football game. Don't ask me who was playing, or if it was college or pro. That kinda thing must not be genetic.

Anyway, I am an avid fan of technology -- enough so that I actually read an article about how they put those yellow lines on the screen for the first down markers. It had been a while (I think this is the one I saw, and it's dated 2001) since I read the article, but it was interesting enough that I remembered it... This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to high-tech in sports whether you're talking about all of the data mining of the player and team stats, marketing campaigns, stadiums, etc. I suppose I might be interested in all of that one day... or not. Sorry Dad. We'll have to bond on something else...