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The NFL joins the data revolution in sports

  • Written by Galen Clavio, Associate Professor of Sports Media; Director of the National Sports Journalism Center, Indiana University, Bloomington
imageThe NFL joins the Age of Metrics.Chart with field via shutterstock.com

In some potentially game-changing news for the way we understand professional football, the National Football League began the 2016 preseason by placing tracking sensors in its footballs for the first time. The chips are also in balls used in Thursday night games.

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