In my essay, I will be discussing the use of information technology in a sporting environment. I will be describing how technology can be efficiently and effectively used in this environment, I will also be discussing this example in an operational capacity. I will explain the advantages that it brings to the sport, and the role/function of the technology. The example of technology I will be using will be the ‘instant replay trigger’ method that the NBA (National basketball association) introduced at the beginning of the 2013/2014 season. (http://www.cnbc.com/2014/12/08/basketball-a-look-inside-nbas-instant-replay-center.html) Since the beginning of the 2013/2014 season, the NBA introduced instant replay monitors, so that they could improve …show more content…
• Any player, coach or trainer interfering with a ball which has crossed the boundary line. • A player entering the game when beckoned by an official with his shirt untucked. If a referee feels one of these rules has been broken, he can go to the video monitor to see if it was deliberate. This can result in a technical foul and often an ejection from the game. • As you can see, instant replays have helped the sport in many ways, and there are less abuse being thrown at the referees. The NBA have also introduced an ‘action replay zone’ this is where for retired referees to keep involved can work. It is a referee who is in the action replay headquarter watches the game and if he/she feels necessary to overturn the call then they can have a discussion about it. Function/role of the Instant replay: The role of the instant replays in the NBA is to make calls more efficient, and reduce the number of missed or bad calls. As a referee, it is extremely difficult to get every call correctly, what the NBA have hoped to achieve is just to limit the amount of incorrect calls made by an official. …show more content…
From the beginning of the NBA season in 2010 to the end of the regular season in 2010, the NBA officials have reviewed 435 plays, and over 50 have been overturned. The NBA's replay center team isn't just focused on getting the call right, but also on doing so quickly. In the previous paragraph’s I have also discussed how the NBA has teamed up with Sportstec, a company involved in supplying technologically advanced sports video analysis software. Since the instant replays were introduced the flow of the game has been dramatically