Kari Darlington

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FT Tech Tonic · Rewiring sport: How technology is helping athletes break barriers · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

I spent 16 years in the NFL as a scout, traveling the country.

And most recently, I was working as a general manager with UCLA Bruins.

When you first started, it was that gut reaction.

You would sit around the table and you would argue your point and have convictions based off of things that your eyes have actually physically seen.

And a lot of, I guess you would call football purists, we just didn't believe numbers by themselves could show you who somebody is.

I think tech has changed the entire approach.

I'd say probably over the past two to three years, it is an everyday part of recruiting.

And when you use technology as a tool to either streamline your process some, start to sort the type of players that you need that would fit your program or your style of offense, your style of defense, but also just starting to track where certain players and certain positions that have success come from.

These kids are overtraining.

You're starting to see an increase of injuries coming in.

Burnout's a real thing now.

And just the pressure from it has that impact too.

I think the information, if not used properly, can hurt you.

If that information is put in the right hands, you're going to have coaches, sprinting, additioning staff kind of teach you how to best optimize the information and data they've gathered.

I think it's a beautiful thing.

But if it's in the hands of somebody who doesn't understand the recovery piece of it, it could be a hindrance.

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