The chain may no longer keep us together. The NFL is moving forward this preseason with an optical tracking system for line-to-gain rulings, sources tell CBS Sports. The system had been tried out ...

The days of measuring for first downs manually isn't over yet, but the NFL ... this system is as accurate as possible and really calibrating across our multiple stadiums." The optical tracking ...

In the aftermath of the latest example of the NFL’s ... way that we test it is that we have all the actual data that will then support what we’re getting from the optical tracking data that's ...

there were some complaints about the amount of time taken to make first-down decisions with the electronic system. The NFL had begun to test its optical tracking camera technology for line-to-gain ...

The NFL is preparing to test optical tracking for line-to ... of CBS Sports first broke the news that there is a new optical tracking system that is set to be implemented during preseason games.

The NFL intends to move forward with an optical tracking system for line-to-gain rulings, according to CBS Sports, with plans to test out the system during the 2024 preseason. If successful ...

The NFL will make a 21st century approach to its first down measurement system for the 2025 season, getting rid of the chain gang and instead going with a technology tracking system. The news was ...

The league continued to test the system during the just-completed ... point necessary to gain a first down. The NFL has said it tested optical tracking camera technology for line-to-gain rulings ...

It’s been used to determine a first down, though it was done manually and via the eye-test ... is what the NFL will depend on for first-down verdicts. The Future The Hawk-Eye system went ...

The NFL is considering an electronic system that would help determine ... obstructed views limit the potential of optical tracking. Balls disappear in a player’s arms or a pile of bodies.

The NFL will replace the chain ... Statcast and automatic ball-strike challenge system, while the NBA uses Hawk-Eye to run the league’s primary tracking system.

“Line to gain is probably the one that we’re closest to implementing, and the way that we test ... optical tracking data that’s being brought in,” Aponte said. It’s different from, but also similar to ...