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NFL shows off the future of sports in startup competition

Stanford, California -- One day soon, the instant replay you see during aNational Football League game might come from a camera embedded in a player's jersey. Buying tickets for next week's game could be done with just a text message.
The winners of the NFL 1st and Future pitch event

Stanford, California -- One day soon, the instant replay you see during aNational Football League game might come from a camera embedded in a player's jersey. Buying tickets for next week's game could be done with just a text message.

Those were among the concepts pitched Saturday at "NFL 1st & Future," an startup competition sponsored by TechCrunch and hosted by the Stanford University Graduate School of Business timed for Super Bowl 50 between theDenver Broncos and Carolina Panthers.

"We know this is the heart of innovation and technology … and that was a very important part of our decision" to hold the event, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the start of the event.

Read more at the Denver Business Journal: http://bit.ly/1K6S3Ub

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