BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (March 4, 2025) – The Southeastern Conference will utilize a multi-sport video review system supplied by Hawk-Eye Innovations, part of Sony’s Sports businesses, beginning with the 2025 SEC softball and baseball seasons.
Hawk-Eye Innovations’ Synchronized Multi-Angle Replay Technology (SMART) system works as the basis for video capture, replay, clipping and distribution capabilities. Already adopted by major sports properties all over the globe, it is the technology that allows SEC officials to independently review the action.
For conference games, the SEC utilizes centralized replay for both softball and baseball. In the centralized replay process, replay officials in the SEC Office review and make decisions on plays then communicate those decisions to umpires at the competition site.
The SEC has supplemented the broadcast cameras in each SEC stadium with six dedicated Hawk-Eye cameras aimed at the bases for heightened replay review capability. The cameras are synchronized to assist in making decisions on force and tag plays and timing plays.
The SEC is the only conference to utilize centralized replay in softball or baseball. The SEC is beginning its sixth season using centralized replay for baseball and the fourth season for softball.
For non-conference softball and baseball games, the umpires review all plays in question and make the decision on all replay outcomes at the competition site.
The Hawk-Eye system was also used during the recently completed SEC soccer and volleyball seasons and for SEC men’s and women’s basketball games.
About Hawk-Eye Innovations
Hawk-Eye Innovations have been at the forefront of sports officiating and broadcast enhancement technology since 2001. The world’s biggest sporting events trust Hawk-Eye to make the right call, when it matters most.
Hawk-Eye’s vision-processing, video replay and creative graphic technologies make sport fairer, safer, more engaging and better informed. Hawk-Eye’s innovative technology is constantly changing the face of sports officiating, production, content management, fan engagement in every sport.
Hawk-Eye Innovations form a key part of the Sony Sport’s businesses with a shared mission to deliver best-in-class officiating, broadcast and digital solutions to the sports world.
