NFL Teams Considering IPads To Replace Playbooks

bonch writes "Pete Walsh, technology head for the Dallas Cowboys, says he and other teams are considering iPads and other tablets as a replacement for paper playbooks, saving about 5,000 pages of printouts per game. Not only is it a huge savings in paper, but a lost iPad might also be remotely wiped to prevent a team's plays falling into the wrong hands. One concern is security and whether or not a tablet could be wirelessly hacked."

Comments

Maybe for dome teams

[mykos]

Good luck using it with gloves on

iPad makes zero sense

[drinkypoo]

Kindle, on the other hand, makes total sense.

iPad is total overkill, Kindle is way way WAY cheaper and does all the same things that they need to do.

Re:iPad makes zero sense

[drinkypoo]

You are probably right. The NFL pays their player multi-million dollar contracts, but I'm sure they'd squirm when they saw the $500-700 price tag on the ipad.

There's no reason to waste money. If they use iPads it'll be because Apple paid them to do so (possibly just free hardware and support, possibly advertising revenues.) In fact the press release which stimulated this article (didn't even RTFA but I'll bet you a dollar that there was one) is probably nothing more than a public solicitation for bribes.

So who actually plays an NFL game?

[OzPeter]

Is it really the teams themselves or is it just one playbook pitted against another and the players are just there to provide some colour?

It seems as if the NFL could just be replaced by a large D&D session with the refs as the DMs