[dataengineer56]

> If you had asked me two years ago which sport a video startup needs to be most worried about, I would have said American football or basketball ... It wasn’t until I joined Mux that I found out how much people love soccer…

This is a pretty terrible, sheltered introduction. He didn't realise that American sports aren't the most popular sports outside of America? He feels the need to tell us that in the intro? Did he not do any research before starting his job? Did no one interviewing him pick up on this?

Also note that the detection labels mention "field" but not "pitch" even though a football playing area is by definition called a football pitch. More American-centricity that will ultimately harm them (not that I consider that to be a bad thing in this case).

[TRiG_Ireland]

I don't think that the pitch/field distinction is meaningful (except for cricket, wherein I believe that the pitch is part of the field). For football (all codes thereof), simply use whichever of the two words feels right in your dialect of English.

[4ggr0]

Yeah, I'm a central european and I would call it a football field. Granted, not the biggest football fan, I only watch the international tournaments which happen every other year. And I'm not a native english speaker.

[dataengineer56]

Wouldn't it affect the classifications if it gets labelled as a pitch but their system isn't checking for that word?