Wireless scoreboards have a fine role to play in the grand scheme of things in the wide world of sports. Many youth programs and sports that do not command the attention or fans like football and baseball will often find themselves without a fully built facility in which to play, and definitely not the means by which to carry state of the art equipment loaded with all the bells and whistles. Portable scoreboards take the facility equipment issue and make it just one less problem youth programs deal with.

Looking at youth football programs, and many smaller teams and leagues still use small boards manned by a sitter to change numbers on a sign when the score changes, and the only piece of electronics visible may be a time clock showing remaining time left in a period or quarter. The largest problem here is simple accuracy. By having everything micromanaged in an archaic way, time tracking in particular, accuracy in stats can be diminished. Watching professional football in the National Football League, one can understand the importance of seconds when the game is on the line. The same care and attention to detail should exist at every level of sport, not just at the premier leagues that play under the lights.

Wireless portable scoreboards add convenience as well as accuracy. Not only are they able to be updated and corrected from a scorer’s table, where the majority of stats are being taken, but they are also better able to keep everything in order and very simple to operate. Electronic scoreboards also have a dramatic effect on the game. Many sports fans will recollect stories where they glance from the field to the scoreboard, ticking down the seconds on the clock as the quarterback drops back to pass and launches one toward the endzone as time expires and the buzzer sounds. An electronic LED scoreboard may just be a piece of equipment with shiny lights in different colors, but it represents the order of the game and where the game translates into statistics the fans can interpret and appreciate.

Wireless portable scoreboards also have the benefit of transport, making an investment in them work much more. Smaller teams and leagues that break up into age brackets and play at various parks and fields throughout cities at different times and different days can make their money work for them by transporting a scoreboard to where it may be needed next. These portable scoreboards aren’t only just moveable, but they are easily packed into a carrying case, and some can be moved as easily as a backpack carried over the shoulder. On top of the customization and team logos that can be placed on the boards, they make sense for teams and leagues focused on the players and the integrity of the game. Professional teams spend the money on massive boards to create an aura for the fans to embrace when they set foot in an arena of play. Kids and others using smaller portable LED scoreboards don’t cater to the fans and advertisers like professionals and college teams will. They play for the parents and the enjoyment of the game. An electronic scoreboard is just a means for those parents to catch the best moments of the game as they unfold, for great stories in the future.