HOUSTON (AP) With player safety under the microscope, the NFL and the Texas Medical Center held a competition Saturday for startups making innovative products geared toward improving the game. GoRout won the communicating-with-the-athlete category, Mobile Virtual Player won for training the athlete and Windpact won for its materials to protect the athlete. ''You can imagine these things being on a field of play, whether at the NFL level or at lower levels of our sport relatively quickly.'' Mobile Virtual Player created mobile, remote-controlled, self-righting ''virtual players'' to teach players how to tackle. Its CEO, former NFL player Shawn Springs, helped design the ''Crash Cloud'' technology, which can be integrated into helmets and other protective gear.

Source: Fox News February 04, 2017 21:33 UTC