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Originally Posted by joelg236
I know for a fact hockey and basketball use sensors and cameras to count.
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Hockey does not use an automated system. There is an official sitting behind the goal that turns on a light when he sees the puck go in. And the on ice official will make the call as he sees it.
Basketball scoring also isn't automated, how would a sensor know if it was a 3 or 2 point shot? the ref signals the number of points and a human increments the score.
The only sport that is close to automated, we could say is FIFA. This year they're going to is goal line technology that will alert the official's wrist watch when the ball crosses the line.
I'm not making any excuses for this years FIRST system but hardly any professorial sports are automated.