A referee reviews a drama on a Microsoft surface during the second part of the game between Baltimore Revenne and Cleveland Brows, which is at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland on 4 January 2025.
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Microsoft And NFL announced on Wednesday that they are expanding their partnerships to bring real-time game data and analysis for coaches and players using Microsoft Copilot and Azure Artificial Intelligence.
Multier partnership will upgrade NFL’s sideline viewing system by equipping 32 teams with more than 2,500 custom-made Microsoft Surface Copilot Tablet, which is to increase data collection during sports days, Microsoft and NFL stated that the deal would also support operation by helping managers to track factors such as weather delays or technical equipment issues.
NFLs and Microsoft are not explaining how long the extension will be or the total cost of the deal will be.
“To increase the league is a responsibility that we take seriously, and Microsoft has been a reliable sideline technology partner for more than a decade. With AI technologies of Microsoft, including Copilot, we see tremendous opportunities for our clubs and give more contaminating opportunities to our fans,” Gary Bralle said in a press release.
The extension creates a long -standing partnership between Microsoft and NFL. Since the 2014 season, all NFL teams have Was accessible According to NFL, league-dominated, especially configured Microsoft Surface Tablet. Earlier, Microsoft was More than 2,300 System devices are installed by viewing the surface sideline installed in NFL.
NFL Deputy CIO Aaron Amendolia told CNBC in an interview that the existing tablets have already been swapped to the Presiden and now new equipment is being used on the field.
He said that during the live games, players have only a few seconds on the bench among the plays, which have to analyze the structures and look at various angles and pictures. AII stated that AI helps players and coaches to filter through that tremendous amount of data, Amendolia said.
“This AI is not taking decisions. It is not a informed decision to AI. What is really, allowing AI people to obtain information with low manual intervention fast,” Amendolia said.
For coaches, Amendolia stated that the game data such as Snap Count or Personnel ground can be fed with Copilot in real -time Excel sheets, which frees them from doing such tasks and calculations.
Recently during the 2025 NFL alliance, coaches and scouts used Microsoft Azure AI to evaluate more than 300 potential players for selection in NFL drafts.
Microsoft said on Wednesday that the club will soon be able to use AI for drafts out of NFL Commonen, as well as for productivity in all professional functions including finance, human resources and events.
Microsoft said that football club employees will soon be able to use AI agents for scouting and salary cap management.
Amendolia said the League has already implemented a type of artificial intelligence in its One Pass Fan Guide app, which can help with fan questions and answers. He said that NFL is trying to train the so -called agent AI so that more customer service is focused.
Tech giants are also working separately to infect Ai -AI video tools during teams’ practice sessions to help assess coaching, evaluation and player injury.
Amendolia stated that this video component would involve analyzing metadata automatically so that users can quickly find plays in some players, camera angles or video footage.
