Tottenham's new kit to feature computer!!

Dom1878 · March 15, 2011

Well, sort of, Tottenham have agreed a £50 million deal with Under Armour from 2013-2018 (5 year deal - £10 million a year).

The new kits will feature sensors which monitor player heart rates, body temperatures and breathing patterns.

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/high-tech-football-shirt-measures-players-work-rate-in-50m-spurs-deal-50003149/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/8378252/Tottenham-Hotspurs-new-shirts-could-show-how-tired-players-are.html

Alio · March 15, 2011

Is this the stuff we used in the Summer? We played with a pink/orange top under the kit?

A la Rodwell, here

Seems massively OTT to me.....

Hit me with it Damon. I want answers

HSD · March 15, 2011

Wait, what? :unsure:

Elong · March 15, 2011

They do similar stuff in Aussie with the cricketers, call it the Gator-Tracker (Gatorade sponsor), measures how far they've run, heartrate etc, they also mic up some of the players so they can talk to the commentators while batting/bowling, it's great for telly, and some funny stuff comes out of it.

EFCNIK · March 15, 2011

Who actually is gonna care about what the computer says? If a player is fit and running then fine, if he's not he's not. Sometimes people try to look too far into things.

ijjysmith · March 15, 2011

No doubt in my mind, no doubt at all, that Phil Neville will break the computer.

TheFinnFan · March 15, 2011

wow. cool technology

RFUS · March 15, 2011

Great. Even more money for Spurs.

kenada_blue · March 15, 2011

RadioFriendlyUnitShifter said:
Great. Even more money for Spurs.

I think its quality what they're doing..milking the marketting stream and making lots of money out of it. Our club cant even think of what pie to sell at half time never mind good marketting ventures.

Anyway...read up about this a year or 2 ago when one of the papers did a right up on the future of football - hawk-eye, stat screens at your seat, even the shirts pumping protein etc into the players system

Matt Damon · March 15, 2011

Alio said:
Is this the stuff we used in the Summer? We played with a pink/orange top under the kit?

A la Rodwell, here

Seems massively OTT to me.....

Hit me with it Damon. I want answers

E = mc2

chicoazul · March 15, 2011

50m? It makes you weep for Everton FC.

Blue Lou · March 16, 2011

It'd take Everton 17 years to match that :\

Unless it's £3m over 5 years?? - http://www.evertonfc.com/club/le-coq-sportif.html

THFC6061 · March 23, 2011

kenada_blue said:
I think its quality what they're doing..milking the marketting stream and making lots of money out of it. Our club cant even think of what pie to sell at half time never mind good marketting ventures.

Daniel Levy's deal for two seperate shirt sponsors this season - one for the Premier League and one for the Domestic Cup & Champions League was a masterstroke!