Football Tech That’s More Than a Laser and Light Show

Pittsburgh Maulers wide receiver Jeffrey Thomas adjusted his shoe as a drone flew close by during the first half of a U.S.F.L. football game Monday.Credit...Butch Dill/Associated PressThe new United States Football League, which debuted last weekend, is betting that fans want more pro football in the lull before the N.F.L. season begins. To win that bet, the league is experimenting with technology to make games move quickly, make officiating as accurate as possible, improve player performance and safety tracking and enhance the TV broadcast for fans (Fox is an investor in the league).

U.S.F.L. executives and the makers of that technology are hoping that the N.F.L. will also take notice, and…