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Problem

Major swings in game outcomes due to damaging penalty assessments, can also lead to large financial effects on a club

Action

Equip referees with real-time context of contact for fast and quantitative play call

Resolution

Consistent refereeing within a game as well as within a league or various levels within a sport when it comes to calling penalties and extremity of the penalty

Too much money involved in sports from ownership to betting for games to not be properly officiated

Provide predefined thresholds to officials to avoid game bias

Increased trust in game outcomes based on the way it is officiated

Players try to trick referees, thus making calls all the more challenging

Provide referees with data of contact that is detected from force and sensors in lieu of by sight

More accurate ruling on legitimacy of and level of contact

Current replay technology slows pace of play due to frequent and lengthy stoppages

Feed sensor data in real time to device connected to referee

Shortened length of games due to less stoppages and more efficient officiating

Inability for referees to discern intent when viewing players in physical contact with one another

Store player contact history to determine player intent

By providing more quality data we will provide referees, leagues, teams and athletes with more actionable intelligence

Fans get frustrated when they feel out of the loop on how refs and replay officials call fouls or reverse calls

Provide all involved parties with reporting analysis on data

Fans will be brought into the officiating process by being given the penalty assessment data quickly

Lack of refereeing consistency within a league and between levels of a sport

Make algorithmic calls based on available data to remove variance in officiating/calls

The difference in officiating between competitive levels is minimized and the process becomes standardized

4 referees cannot possibly watch and keep track of all the going ons of the 22 players on a soccer field

Referees will gain the ability to see data in real time concerning all players on the field by using Contaxt

Easier and more accurate officiating

Players arguing with referees on calls being made

The refs will be provided with more concise results and will be able to make fair, consistent calls

Harder for the players to argue with the data presented in front of them

Multi million dollar deals being made over players

Create a database of penalties that a player is involved with. Make information available to people in charge of trades, and player contracts

Clubs able to make more informed decisions about player trades and more easily find players who play with a style congruent to that of the club

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