THE UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE - 21st Century technology

SOURCE: USA TODAY
(T)he four-team United Football League, with weeknight games kicking off Oct. 8 on Versus, wants to sell traditional TV football. Says UFL chief operating officer Frank Vuono: "When you tune in it will be just like tuning into a high-level NFL national game on CBS or Fox on Sunday afternoons."...Vuono says the UFL is looking into putting microchips on balls — to see when they crossed goal lines — and using lasers to measure first downs without chains. But ultimately, he says, the UFL's angle seems to be no angle: "We're going for real football, not gimmicks. We don't want avid NFL fans to tune us out because we're playing tricks on them."

I will be curious to see how this new technology works and whether it will makes it way to the NFL, colleges and high school.