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On the high school sidelines, help from an iPad | High School Sports | NewsObserver.com

I am not sure this was a football guy that said this.

The coaches will not be able to use the devices to review decisions by game officials or to communicate with players while they are playing, but coaches will be allowed to use recordings on the sidelines and at the half.

Football coaches can show players opposing alignments. Basketball coaches can review scoring opportunities. Baseball coaches can show a pitcher an error in a delivery or give a tip to potential base stealers. A track coach can point out a flaw. All that and more.

“When the board met, it was apparent that the rule barring electronic communications couldn’t be enforced,” said Bruce Howard of the National Federation of High School Associations, which writes the high school rule book. “Then the question came up of why do we want or need the rule.”

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