Here are the top seven technology areas that impacted the NFL this season: 1. Football tracking In the fourth year of its five-year deal with the NFL, Zebra Technologies was able to place in tracking chips in all game balls. That enables the gathering of data including the velocity and rotation rate of the football. […]
Electronic Arts celebrated the success of a primetime show about the esports Madden Challenge that aired on the CW in December, saying its competitive gaming efforts with Madden and FIFA are appealing to a wider-than-expected audience. The Madden Challenge Special, a one-hour pre-produced show that took viewers behind the scenes of the Madden NFL esports […]
Since the early 2000s, the NFL and EA Sports have invested in competitions around the Madden franchise on a grassroots, local and regional level. The partnership between the two organizations has spanned 28 years and is starting to take a more formalized shape around more-publicized events, like this past weekend’s Madden 17 Club Series Championship. […]
