His team down by a touchdown, Green Bay Packer quarterback, Bret Favre, fades back for a pass. He looks, he pumps—and the ball is suddenly knocked out of his hands by a charging linebacker who falls on it. Fumble? Incomplete pass? Only one way to tell for sure. As 60,000 fans in the stadium and millions more watching on TV wait tensely, the answer will come in 90 seconds or less, coursing through video and audio cable provided by GEPCO International, Inc. Long a much-discussed way to set- tle close calls, instant replay was on the agenda of NFL owners meet- ings for several seasons until the NFL Board of Governors finally approved it. To implement this sys- tem, video interconnects and distri- bution to the referee’s sideline video monitors needed to be installed at every NFL venue. With

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