As the new and improved United States Football League (USFL) began its inaugural season on Saturday night, every attempt was made to give fans as much access to the teams and players as possible– the one technology that had many viewers talking about it was the use of drones during gameplay.

Fox Sports, which owns the USFL, plans to make a $150 million investment in the spring football league over three years. A chunk of that money is going into trying out broadcast innovations that may draw fans in. The idea is to figure out “what’s great” and possibly encourage NFL to follow suit.

So, in addition to drones, you have two players from each team wearing helmets with cameras on them. The coaches and players are all donning mics, the audio feed from which is being made available for telecasts; even the interactions inside the locker room are not off-limits.

Only time will tell whether or not this version of the league has some staying power, but the…

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Source: dronedj.com