citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message fair play scoreboards type subsidiary industry video display founded des moines iowa headquarters des moines iowa des moines united states key people john long chairman michael r. mulcahy ceo angela d. toppi cfo executive officer products sports venue displays display marquees sports scoreboards variable message signs display control systems number of employees about 1700 website www.fair play.com fair play is a company that manufactures scoreboards video boards and electronic displays . fair play is a subsidiary of trans lux electronic displays . contents 1 history 2 sports that use fair play products 3 current scoreboard controllers 4 previous controllers 5 message centers 6 recent partnerships 7 miscellaneous equipment 8 new technology 9 references history edit fair play was born in 1934 after the company founder elmer foster saw his basketball 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 . citation needed in 1997 the company merged with trans lux corporation of norwalk connecticut . 1 sports that use fair play products edit basketball baseball tennis wrestling volleyball football hockey rodeo soccer swimming track 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 edit fair play introduced a new line of scoreboard 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 . previous controllers edit 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 edit fair play manufactures message centers and uses proline to control them and ise write ii to control smaller ones . recent partnerships edit fair play recently bought american sign and indicator scoreboards . citation needed miscellaneous equipment edit fair play also offers a variety of other sports equipment like possession indicators pitch speed indicators play clocks shot timers new technology edit in about 2000 fair play updated its product lines with all scoreboards being equipped with leds or light emitting diodes in them . now fair play s indoor scoreboards have a bar led display while the outdoor scoreboards have individual led clusters.template fair play.com references edit trans lux corp. history archived may 9 2008 at the wayback machine . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fair play scoreboards & oldid 730560285 categories display technology companieshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing additional references from february 2008all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 july 2016 at 20 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view