John Potter

As someone who is living the post-short-nfl-career life, preparing for life after football can never start too early. Great post by Bob Wallace (and not just because of the Starters Community shoutout) 🙌

Tackling Tech: More, Better Post-NFL Careers Marked 2017

When it comes to building an off-the-field career, there's no time like the present for NFL players to start, as the league, the players association and the sports-tech industry have collectively generated more opportunities than ever before. Experiences - and even their biometric data - count as a valuable, marketable asset.…

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Tackling Tech: Big Year-end Change for NFL Fans & Beyond

Sports fans wish for a winning season, playoff appearances and solid matchups to watch when their teams are in the mix. They have worries concerning the health and well-being of those that play the game. And finding less expensive ways to watch games of interest is high on their lists.…

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GumGum Sports in Forbes! 

Your Ad Here: How Fast Growing Startup GumGum Is Using Image Recognition Technology To Change Online Advertising

For one of the New York Mets last home games of the year, Ophir Tanz, 35, CEO and founder of nine-year-old tech startup GumGum rented one of Citi Field's luxury suites for himself and about a dozen employees.…

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[*Bob Wallace*]fascinating company..

over 7 years ago

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What's next for The Pitch (and a Starters community shoutout 🙌) 

Tackling Tech: Changing The Pitch to Sports Tech Startups

When you here a company is planning to shut down a service it offers, you almost automatically think bad news. But upon further review it's often the case that one offering is being closed down so others can grow.…

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Mariners hire performance analytics guru; Russell Wilson invests in Vicis; and more sports tech news

Love sports and technology? Sign up for our sports tech newsletter to receive this rundown from GeekWire's Taylor Soper via email every week.] TAYLOR'S TAKE ON THE WEEK IN SPORTS TECH: Vicis, the high-tech football helmet maker based in Seattle, had several key developments this week.…

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How are you prepping for ski season? ⛷🏂 

How ski resorts are using virtual reality to lure tech-savvy skiers

Oakley and Smith Optics already have AR goggles on the market with direct-to-eye Recon HD displays which project information several feet away without obstructing vision. RideOn Vision has perfected software that shows speed, distance, vertical drop, navigation, friend tracking, games, challenges, camera and video capability and smartphone connectivity.…

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Calling all founders building tech for broadcasters! 

How fans power BT Sport's Premier League Tonight, and how your tech innovation could be next

BT Sport is running a competition for technology innovators that could help keep us at the heart of digital innovation, and could launch someone's business to the next level.…

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Sports betting on the blockchain was inevitable, but it is going to get competitive very quickly.  

Startup EtherSport Announces ICO to Develop Innovative Sports Betting Platform - CoinSpeaker

Blockchain-based startup EtherSport announced the launch of token sale on November 13th, 2017 to develop ground-breaking sports betting platform, Ethereum smart contracts have been met with a boundless momentum of enthusiasm. Many of those thrilled by the technology are seeking creative means to utilise and implement the technology.…

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[*Harold Hughes*]This fascination with Ethereum behind these tokens lol

over 7 years ago

[*Thomas L. McLaughlin*]Tons of competitors popping up. Wagerr appears to be best in class. One of these sports betting platforms powered by blockchain will become a mammoth company in the space.

Opening... Read More

over 7 years ago

[*Thomas L. McLaughlin*]I also must disclaim, do not participate in any ICO unless you have become educated on the crypto sector...it is still a budding industry in the bottom of the 1st inning, with lots of charlatans and thieves in the industry.

over 7 years ago

[*John Potter*]Thomas What I find interesting is their profit distribution for each lottery. Only 55% of the amount paid in goes back to players. 15% goes to EtherSport, 15% to the runner of the... Read More

over 7 years ago

[*Thomas L. McLaughlin*]John Potter "Interesting" is a nice way to put it. They are marketing themselves as a decentralized platform but in reality the owners of the platform are double-dipping on the ups... Read More

over 7 years ago

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This is just the beginning for data within sports... 

Tackling Tech: The NFL's Role in Driving Sports Analytics

Whether you love them, hate them, or are still undecided, analytics are quickly spreading through sports, especially in the pros, with a new industry forecast projecting the worldwide sports analytics market to jump from $764.3 last year to $15.5 billion in 2023, according to Market Research Reports Inc.…