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The NFL announced Wednesday that it will utilize Sony's Hawk-Eye technology in some preseason games this summer to test its viability in terms of measuring the line to gain for first downs.
According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), NFL Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Gary Brantley said the following about Hawk-Eye and its potential future within the NFL:
"We're in the installation phase for all of our stadiums, really getting them calibrated and up to date. We're just really getting to a place where this system is as accurate as possible and really calibrating across our multiple stadiums.