Concussion and brain trauma are emotive subjects in sport. As research continues to uncover the problems that traumatic brain injuries seem to have, discussions about safety and the long-term health of players will only intensify. In the USA, as early as 1906 doctors were publishing papers highlighting the dangers of concussion linked to playing American Football.
Boxing, like many sports, has its fair share of controversy. The subjective nature of the scoring system has left many worried about the ease with which scoring could be manipulated. These worries were born out in a report by Professor Richard McLaren, looking at corruption at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. He found that a handpicked team of senior “five-star” referees and judges used signals at ringside or instructed colleagues on the morning of fights as to who should win.
This week saw a major step forward with Vodafone, as part of its partnership with the British & Irish Lions, unveiled its new PLAYER.Connect system. PLAYER.Connect takes advantage of Vodafone’s connectivity and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to allow the integration of multiple wearable data sources into one performance dashboard.
