NFL Team Replacing Paper Playbooks With iPads

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Sounds like a potentially disastrous idea

Glad it’s one of our division rivals.

"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!

by David "Satch" Kelly on Aug 30, 2011 4:27 PM CDT reply actions

Can you hack into an iPad? If so I don’t want nothing to do with them. I can see the players now. All of them stuck on twitter instead of looking at the playbook. GAAA!! And all of you want to know why I hate twitter.

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by cscmember on Aug 30, 2011 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Apple uses them as a GPS device. They know where you are. And of course, they know what you’ve downloaded and uploaded. And if Apple knows, anyone can know for a price.

Deal me another hand Lord, this one's very hard

by stujo4 on Aug 30, 2011 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions

There’s lots of potential for it though…

Animated plays and what/if scenarios.
Links to video of good and bad examples.

With the way Apple has locked down the digital rights management of the iPad, I don’t think it’ll be too much of a security problem.

"It ain't about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and KEEP MOVING FORWARD. That's how winning is done!" - Rocky

by Dan Kelly on Aug 30, 2011 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions

All Apple employees and contractors are solemnly sworn to uphold peace, justice, and the American way. Oops, scratch that last one.

Deal me another hand Lord, this one's very hard

by stujo4 on Aug 30, 2011 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Since when is rapacious capitalism not part of the American way?

by HB-NOLA on Aug 30, 2011 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

FLAGGED!!!!

(Because I had to go look up “rapacious”)

(Reading comments on this blog ain’t supposed to be work)

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by BewareofDog on Aug 30, 2011 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe if they can be remotely erased.

Maybe they have contingency plans in place in case a player leaves his at a coffee shop or something. How reliable are they? What if a player is off somewhere trying to prepare and the damn thing doesn’t start? The Buc’s computer repairman may be in for a long year.

I’d be totally shocked if Payton starts doing this anytime soon.

"As soon as Tony (Dungy) said we had no chance, I knew we had 'em right where we wanted 'em"--Coach Sean Payton right after Super Bowl XLIV with the Lombardi Trophy firmly in hand. WHO DAT!!

by David "Satch" Kelly on Aug 30, 2011 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions

The article actually mentions that they can be remotely deleted… but a player would have to fess up to losing it. And, if he had a typical password (0000 or 1234) the files could be accessed from the time he lost it until the time the report reached the tech guy for deletion.

"It ain't about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and KEEP MOVING FORWARD. That's how winning is done!" - Rocky

by Dan Kelly on Aug 30, 2011 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions

In order for it to be remotely deleted or erased, it has to be considered “missing” in the first place.

The thing about iPads or any other computing device is that they don’t have to be stolen. They can simply be “borrowed” for a brief period and the information can be downloaded or copied after the device has been hacked.

This can happen in any number of ways, such as while the player is away from his room (maybe out on the town), sleeping, or having a tryst with a young lady who was nothing more than a diversion (that kind of thing is a very common occurrence in the world of sports).

I've got two words for ya.....Whit Bissell

by BewareofDog on Aug 30, 2011 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions

…or left in has car when he goes to dinner/a club and gives his keys to a valet.

"It ain't about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and KEEP MOVING FORWARD. That's how winning is done!" - Rocky

by Dan Kelly on Aug 30, 2011 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions

There are ways to copy-protect the files. Not all of them are effective of course… OK, OK, none of them are when faced with a sufficiently talented computer geek… but these are football players we’re talking about here, not computer geeks.

by FriarBob on Aug 30, 2011 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions

all moot points

a three ring binder playbook can be lost, stolen, or borrowed too.

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by DrewBreesManCrush on Aug 31, 2011 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions

It can’t be copied quiet as fast though.

Or distributed quite as fast either.

"It ain't about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and KEEP MOVING FORWARD. That's how winning is done!" - Rocky

by Dan Kelly on Aug 31, 2011 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions