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Maddox: Refereeing across sports will become increasingly automated

Kareem Maddox · #67 Call-in Pitch Competition · Mar 3, 2025 · at 13:06

Podcast producer Kareem Maddox explains his interest in martial arts sensor startup KickSense during deliberations on The Pitch.

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“I think across sports, like, more and more of, like, refereeing will become automated and I just look as far as, like, tech goes in sports, like, if you look at baseball, they're, you know, instituting more tech as far as, like, the umpires.”

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Across sports, refereeing will become increasingly automated.

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