For decades, the NFL has used a couple of orange poles connected by a 10-yard-long chain to measure the line to gain for first downs. That is changing in 2025. NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported ...

The next time a measurement is needed to determine a first down, it won't be the chain gang coming out to make the measurement — it won't even be a human. At the NFL's spring owners meeting on Tuesday ...

*Years after being a standard in tennis and soccer, Sony’s Hawk-Eye technology is coming to the NFL. According to 107.5 TheFan, the shift from a chain crew to measure first downs will start in the ...

The NFL will use Sony's Hawk-Eye technology as the primary way to measure the line to gain, the league announced Tuesday at its annual spring owners meetings. The technology will use six 8K cameras to ...

The NFL will replace the chain gang with a virtual measuring system starting in the 2025 season. The virtual system, developed by Sony’s Hawk-Eye, will determine the line of scrimmage and can be used ...

Wimbledon Hawk-Eye software at the centre of the electric line-calling failure has been overhauled after an operator accidentally turned the system off without noticing. It can be revealed that the ...

For quite a long time, the NFL has stuck with an old-school way of measuring first downs- the chain gang. It’s a method that works, but it’s not perfect. Mistakes happen, and fans have seen plenty of ...

The NFL announced this week that it will use a high-tech system of cameras in the upcoming season to track the ball down the field and determine whether a team gets a first down. Sony's Hawk-Eye ...

Chain gangs will still adorn NFL sidelines in 2025, but they’ll back up technology for the first time. League officials announced Tuesday that the Hawk-Eye technology used in tennis would take over as ...

The NFL didn’t say it outright, but the league is making a change in response to the Chiefs’ AFC Championship Game victory over the Buffalo Bills. Following the Chiefs’ 32-29 win, there was an outcry ...