UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE LAUNCHES FAST – FOOTBALL ADVANCEMENT THROUGH SPORTS TECHNOLOGY – PROGRAM FOR 2025 SEASON

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Updated: April 5, 2025

Courtesy of the UFL

The United Football League today announced that it is launching a new technology-focused innovation division this season – FAST – Football Advancement through Sports Technology. Designed with the intent to advance the game of football, FAST will work with both established and emerging sports media and technology companies to test and launch innovations and services that will improve the sport.

“Innovation is a cornerstone of the United Football League,” said UFL Senior Vice President of Technology Scott Harniman. “FAST will create a blueprint for companies with products and services designed to have a positive impact on the way professional football is played, coached, and consumed by fans.”

Based at UFL HQ in Arlington, Texas, where training camps and regular season practices are held for all eight UFL teams, FAST will provide its technology partners with access to over 600 players and coaches for testing and development. In addition, the division will provide to those partners executive guidance, football specific expertise, operational support and experimentation. FAST will utilize Choctaw Stadium in Arlington as its primary sports testing venue where the league will support private 5G networking as its foundational infrastructure.

“The ultimate goal of FAST will be to shrink product development cycles and test, gate and launch innovations and services that have the ability to take the game to a new level,” said UFL Vice President of Football Technology Brad Campbell.

The FAST program will focus on three key emerging areas for the 2025 season by teaming up with the following partners:

Immersive Player POV Camera: Mindfly
Computer Vision and Contextual Tracking: SkillCorner
Sensor Based Ball Tracking: Sportable

IMMERSIVE PLAYER POV CAMERA: MINDFLY

FAST and Mindfly have worked together to engineer Mindfly’s first-ever player body camera for professional football. During the 2024 UFL season, the Mindfly body camera was tested on UFL officials during the playoff game between the Birmingham Stallions and the Michigan Panthers. Extending this innovative body armor camera to players will provide a never-before-seen view of American football. FAST and Mindfly worked in conjunction with the NFL at the East West Shrine game in Arlington, Texas, where the Mindfly player body armor was worn for the first time in live game action.

During the 2025 season, the UFL will use up to four lightweight Mindfly player body armor vests in two games each weekend throughout the full season. Each vest will include a body camera giving fans a player’s view of the game action. The body camera video will be integrated into game broadcasts on both FOX and ESPN platforms to showcase the players’ point-of-view action throughout games.

COMPUTER VISION AND CONTEXTUAL TRACKING: SKILLCORNER

The UFL will partner with SkillCorner in 2025 to provide comprehensive contextual tracking data for all UFL games. Utilizing all-22 camera feeds, SkillCorner will employ computer vision technology to provide player tracking and aggregated data at scale for all players on all plays in all games, including speed, distance, and separation while also providing deeper analytical data points from each UFL game.

SENSOR BASED BALL TRACKING TECHNOLOGY: SPORTABLE

The UFL will utilize Sportable’s wireless, portable local positioning system (LPS) in Choctaw Stadium to deliver premium, low-latency data from UFL smart footballs equipped with Sportable’s proprietary sensor technology (“Smart Balls”). In 2025, the UFL will integrate Smart Balls into its team practices and UFL Showcases to assist its football operations staff through the use of novel quarterback and position specific technical and tactical performance evaluation tools during next generation combine drills. In addition, Sportable and the UFL will collaborate in further research into how Smart Ball data might further enhance officiating in key aspects of the game. Finally, FAST and FOX Sports will work together to develop real-time augmented graphics for broadcast and digital content powered by Sportable’s recent purchase of Intaneous.

The UFL will continue to unveil innovations under the FAST umbrella throughout the upcoming season.

About the UFL

The United Football League (UFL) is the professional spring football league, born from the groundbreaking 2024 merger of the XFL and USFL. With the visionary backing of RedBird Capital Partners, FOX, Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson, the UFL is redefining the football landscape. Built on tradition and positioned to innovate and expand fan engagement and player opportunities, the league is poised for growth with its eight teams in key markets: Arlington (TX), Birmingham (AL), Detroit (MI), Houston (TX), San Antonio (TX), Memphis (TN), St. Louis (MO), and Washington D.C. The UFL is committed to pushing the boundaries of the game and delivering an elevated experience for players, fans, and partners alike.

UFL Media Contact:

Mike Wade, Senior Vice President of Communications, UFL

mike.wade@theufl.com

Bianca Gamez, Director of Communications and Media Relations, UFL

bianca.gamez@theufl.com

About Mindfly

Mindfly enables fans to experience Pro Sports from the first person point of view of Pro Athletes and Referees. Mindfly’s lightweight, secure, AI Powered, wearable bodycam, and proprietary transmitters and receivers, capture and transmit fully stabilised, broadcast quality video and audio direct from the hands and feet of Pro Athletes to your living room or device. Transforming how sports is consumed.

Mindfly is the partner of choice for Elite Leagues (UFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, Premier League, UEFA) and Broadcasters (ESPN, ESPN+, FOX Sports, Apple TV+, WBDSports, DAZN, SKYAustria).

Mindfly Media Contact

Mindfly Media Contact: media@mindfly.live

Eran Tal, CEO: eran@mindfly.live

Bhaskar Mani CSO: Bhaskar@mindfly.live

About SkillCorner

SkillCorner is the global leader in AI-driven sports data, providing automated player and ball tracking (including extrapolation of off-camera player position) from any single camera source including broadcast, tactical or wide-angle video. Trusted by over 230 clubs, leagues, and federations worldwide, SkillCorner delivers cutting-edge X,Y data, Physical Performance data and advanced Game Intelligence data to enhance scouting, recruitment, and performance analysis, providing actionable insights on player and team performance.

With data coverage across Soccer, Basketball and Football, from over 150 competitions worldwide, SkillCorner’s proprietary AI and computer vision technology generate the most advanced, scalable, and actionable insights in the industry. By combining tracking and event data, SkillCorner empowers teams to make smarter decisions, optimize talent identification, and gain a competitive edge.

For more information, visit www.skillcorner.com or follow us on LinkedIn | X

Sources/SkillCorner Media Contact

Simon Edgar

simon.edgar@skillcorner.com

+447941093496

Marketing Director

About Sportable

Sportable is a data and analytics company that leverages proprietary data collection hardware to deliver unique insights to the team sports ecosystem. Our portable ‘solution in a suitcase’ democratizes high-speed, high-fidelity ball and player tracking at all levels of the team sports pyramid, enhancing fan engagement, gamifying player performance, and revolutionizing game dynamics—all while creating new revenue streams for teams, leagues, and their commercial partners.

Sportable Media Contact:

Blaine Scully, Vice President, Sales and Partnerships

blaine.scully@sportable.com
1-916-917-7346

Warren Butler, Head of Marketing
warren@sportable.com