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The National Football League is replacing its on-field "chain gang" crew with a new innovative technology ... opting instead for Sony's Hawk-Eye technology to measure the line to gain. The NFL said ...

Human referees will still be responsible for the placement of the football after every ... rather than measure it with the traditional 10-yard chain. The new system will rely on a set of six ...

The method for measuring first downs in the NFL will switch from chain gangs to camera-based ... with state-of-the-art technology to advance football excellence," said Troy Vincent, the NFL's ...

Calls for technology assistance in placing the football grew louder after ... the NFL will retire the use of chain crews to measure for first downs in favor of camera-based technology that can ...

The NFL will no longer be using the chain gang as the primary means of ... the change will not accomplish much. Will be able to measure the refs bad spot to within a millimeter Many others ...

Human referees will still be responsible for the placement of the football after every play ... use cameras to automatically determine that, rather than measure it with the traditional 10-yard chain.