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ARENAS, FIELDS, AND FANS
called fantasy sports a multi-billion-dollar
industry. Fans playing on sites that pay win-
ners have made more than $100,000 a year in
a few rare cases.
The impact of fantasy can also be seen
on almost every sports broadcast. The run-
ning “crawl” along the bottom of ESPN or FOX
Sports presents not just game scores, but in-
dividual player stats. Major sports leagues
run their own fantasy games, which would
have been unthinkable even two decades ago.
From in-stadium video to in-home tick-
eting, from cameras that capture reality to
computers that track fantasy, technology has
changed the game for fans.
TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS
1. What collectible will probably disappear
thanks to scanning technology?
2. Where is the biggest video screen in the
world?
3. How have computers put many illegal
scalpers out of business?
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Cameras are invading every area of sports.
Find clips online showing five different points
of view of sports.