NFL will not use automated first down technology for 2024 season
After a preseason trial produced mixed results, the NFL is shelving its automated first down system for the 2024 season.
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USFL’s approach to first down measurements looks cool
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Penn State-Michigan State got so snowy the ABC broadcast couldn’t use the yellow first-down line
"The snow makes that technologically impossible at the moment until we can clear off some of those lines."
ESPN’s Monday Night Football telecast broke out new technology for crucial third-down play in Bills-Titans telecast
"My first thought when I saw that, or any replay, is does this add to the telecast?"
Jerry Gepner, known for on-screen scores and the first-down line, gives a memorable Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame induction speech
"I've been thinking of this and said 'You know, if I had me working for me, I would have fired me a long time ago.' And there's a lot of truth to that. But it points to one of the great blessings of my career; people who didn't fire me. Really, these folks deserve their own Hall of Fame."