Fair Play Scoreboards
Encyclopedia
Fair Play is a company that manufactures scoreboards, video boards, and electronic displays. Fair Play is a subsidiary
of Trans-Lux
electronic displays.
team lose in the final seconds of the game. He created a basic scoreboard
with a watch in the center to keep time
and numbers that he held on a nail.
In 1997, the company merged with Trans-Lux Corporation of Norwalk, Connecticut.
Fair Play also manufactures multipurpose scoreboards (i.e., suitable for two or more sports, such as football and baseball), as well as portable scoreboards and timing devices.
controllers two years ago with a new technology. FP calls this "MP-70/50/30."
The MP-70 controller is used to control larger scoreboards. This controller also has a handswitch on the back, and the ability to use Foul Memory (in basketball
, that has the controller keep track of player fouls) and other little features.
The MP-50 controls smaller scoreboards and is most typically used for baseball since there is no need for a hand switch.
Both controllers run by using keypad inserts. Instead of having one control do only one sport, keypad inserts let one control do all sports. The controllers also feature a two-line 16-character display to prompt users to enter data and allow them to review data entry.
The SP-69 was FP's older controller to control basketball statistic panels, which showed the player number, points and fouls.
s being equipped with LEDs (or Light-emitting diode
s) in them. Now Fair Play's indoor scoreboards have a bar LED display, while the outdoor scoreboards have individual LED clusters.
Subsidiary
A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...
of Trans-Lux
Trans-Lux
Trans-Lux is a world leader in designing, selling, renting, installing and maintaining multi-color, real-time data and LED large-screen electronic information displays, but is primarily known as a major supplier of national stock ticker display devices for stock exchanges...
electronic displays.
History
Fair Play was born in 1934 after the company founder Elmer Foster saw his basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team lose in the final seconds of the game. He created a basic scoreboard
Scoreboard
A scoreboard is a large board for publicly displaying the score in a game or match. Most levels of sport from high school and above use at least one scoreboard for keeping score, measuring time, and displaying statistics. Scoreboards in the past used a mechanical clock and numeral cards to...
with a watch in the center to keep time
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
and numbers that he held on a nail.
In 1997, the company merged with Trans-Lux Corporation of Norwalk, Connecticut.
Sports That Use Fair Play Products
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- HockeyHockeyHockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
- RodeoRodeoRodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...
- Soccer
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- TrackTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
Fair Play also manufactures multipurpose scoreboards (i.e., suitable for two or more sports, such as football and baseball), as well as portable scoreboards and timing devices.
Current Scoreboard Controllers
Fair Play introduced a new line of scoreboardScoreboard
A scoreboard is a large board for publicly displaying the score in a game or match. Most levels of sport from high school and above use at least one scoreboard for keeping score, measuring time, and displaying statistics. Scoreboards in the past used a mechanical clock and numeral cards to...
controllers two years ago with a new technology. FP calls this "MP-70/50/30."
The MP-70 controller is used to control larger scoreboards. This controller also has a handswitch on the back, and the ability to use Foul Memory (in basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, that has the controller keep track of player fouls) and other little features.
The MP-50 controls smaller scoreboards and is most typically used for baseball since there is no need for a hand switch.
Both controllers run by using keypad inserts. Instead of having one control do only one sport, keypad inserts let one control do all sports. The controllers also feature a two-line 16-character display to prompt users to enter data and allow them to review data entry.
Previous Controllers
Fair Play's older controller, called the MP-69, was large and also had a two-line sixteen-character display. This controller operated all sports using 28 buttons, with many of them serving multiple functions.The SP-69 was FP's older controller to control basketball statistic panels, which showed the player number, points and fouls.
Message Centers
Fair Play manufactures message centers and uses ProLine to control them and ISE Write II to control smaller ones.Recent partnerships
Fair Play recently bought American Sign and Indicator scoreboards.Miscellaneous Equipment
Fair Play also offers a variety of other sports equipment like:- Possession indicators
- Pitch Speed Indicators
- Play clockPlay clockA play clock is a timer designed to increase the pace in American football and Canadian football, similar to what a shot clock does in basketball...
s - Shot timerShot clockA shot clock is used in some sports to quicken the pace of the game. It is normally associated with basketball, but has also found use in sports such as snooker, professional lacrosse, water polo, and korfball....
s
New Technology
In about 2000 Fair Play updated its product lines, with all scoreboardScoreboard
A scoreboard is a large board for publicly displaying the score in a game or match. Most levels of sport from high school and above use at least one scoreboard for keeping score, measuring time, and displaying statistics. Scoreboards in the past used a mechanical clock and numeral cards to...
s being equipped with LEDs (or Light-emitting diode
Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode is a semiconductor light source. LEDs are used as indicator lamps in many devices and are increasingly used for other lighting...
s) in them. Now Fair Play's indoor scoreboards have a bar LED display, while the outdoor scoreboards have individual LED clusters.