Football: Fans to get smartphone vote to substitute player


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  • Saturday, 21 May 2016

DOHA: An English Premier League club wants to allow supporters to vote via smartphone for the player they want substituted during a match, a data analyst has told a Doha football conference. 

Fans would cast their votes via an app on their phones after being given real-time performance data for every player on the pitch, said Mark Sear, chief technology officer with data and analytics company EMC. 

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