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Originally Posted by bainsey
I want to allow schools and coaches the choice of using such devices. No-one says they have to.
Besides, you could be a better coach without such devices or a substandard coach with them. I may not need a clipboard or any other tool to coach. Ultimately, it should be up to the individuals using them.
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If those devices only were used to diagram plays then yes that would be one thing, but you can get text messages, video and talk to someone directly. This is more than diagramming a play. We have video capability for years and we do not allow the camera to be used at the bench and by rule you cannot use any video and review a play during the game. Also not everyone understands how to use those things so you will have another advantage based on technology and not coaching the sport. If that is the case why not allow shoes that make you jump higher too? That is technology, who has the best should be allowed too right?
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Originally Posted by bainsey
Reality check, Rut: Often times, sports is indeed a test between the haves and have nots. Consistently, those towns with better youth programs result in more victories in middle and high school. Sports is a microcosm of life, and one thing that life teaches us is that it isn't always fair. (Just ask the kid upon whom you called that foul.) If you're saying that no-one should have something that some cannot afford, that's hardly preparing anyone for life.
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Well the rules are created to make an equal playing field or court so that all participants can play with the same advantages and disadvantages. You make it only about technology, and then the game would not allow for that to take place. You can disagree all you like, but this is likely why the rule is in place and will not change. Now I could see some rules allowing for IPad to be used for scorekeeping or keeping records, but not to aid you in coaching or using video. And the same reason it is outlawed in other sports as well. Even in the pros they have rules as to how video can be used, but they have a standardized system that must be used, not every available technology is allowed. I think the Patriots in the NFL got in a little trouble as there was video to review signals, not the playing action. It is against the rules in MLB to use video to use or other devices to call steal signals other than someone on the field witnessing those signals. If the pros put limits on the use of technology used during and even before or after games, why should the NF lift their ban? Oh, because of life right?
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