Reducing violence by fans in the stadium has become a priority for one Hungarian pro soccer team. Ferencvárosi TC recently installed biometric technology to scan the hands of fans attending their games. Created by Hungarian tech firm BioSec, the palm scanners analyzes a fan’s unique vein pattern on their hand. This scan is then linked […]
While the 49ers have addressed many off-the-field concerns, fan safety at the games has not garnered as much public attention. (Wikipedia Commons) Editor’s Note: Kai Savaree-Ruess is a long-time San Francisco 49ers fan and a season-ticket holder for the 49ers. While SportTechie is a major proponent of a safe fan experience, the views in this article represent Savaree-Ruess’. As the San Francisco 49ers prepare for a Monday Night Football game in St. Louis tonight, it’s as good of time as any to discuss the odd year they are having so far. Despite having gone to three straight NFC Championship games, many reports already have Jim Harbaugh out as coach after this season, barring a Super Bowl victory. Maybe even still. Levi’s Stadium...
By next season, Bud Selig, the second longest serving commissioner in Major League Baseball history, will be replaced by the MLB’s Chief Operating Officer, Rob Manfred. “Who?” That’s a fair question to ask of anyone behind the scenes in the commissioner’s office. Manfred assumed the office of COO in 2013 and was Selig’s hand picked […]
Baseball is supposed to be America’s pastime. A timeless–quite literally–game that sees no need to keep track of time at all. At least it used to be. Of late, fans increasingly seem to not have time for baseball. In spite of astoundingly lucrative team deals with television networks, the seven least watched World Series on […]
Baseball is a sport that was meant for entertaining people of a different time, when butter churning and hoop rolling were seen as legitimate past times. Quite simply, it just does not hold up now in 2014, when the other sports keep becoming better and better television products, while baseball languishes in the dark ages. […]
