For the second time in 15 days, the VICIS ZERO1 football helmet is being lauded as the safest around. On May 1, the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab awarded five stars for VICIS’ 2018 ZERO1. The helmet beat out sixteen other competitors. The goal of VT’s research, which has been ongoing since 2011, is to identify […]
Whoop, the wearable company that partnered with the NFL Players Association last year to track player strain and recovery, has secured a $25 million Series C funding round led by UAE71 Capital with participation from the NFLPA, Kevin Durant via the Durant Company and NBA Commissioner Emeritus David Stern. The Boston-based sports analytics company says […]
The Denver Broncos have been using Catapult’s wearable technology since 2014, but running back C.J. Anderson said he only gained access to his data this past fall — and had a career-high 1,007 rushing yards, saying, “I believe I had a better year on the football field because of the data that I have.” While […]
The president of the NFL Players Association said on a panel held at the annual Consumer Electronics Show that data collected from wearables technology belongs to the athlete. Eric Winston, a 12-year offensive lineman most recently with the Cincinnati Bengals, gave the example of a running back’s 80-yard run. While the performance (i.e. the rushing […]
Ahmad Nassar remembers walking through the 2.6 million net square feet of exhibit space at CES last year and being hit immediately with a rush of emotion. As a first-time visitor to the annual high-level business event that drew over 180,000 attendees in 2017, Nassar – the President of NFL Players, Inc., since 2014 – […]
