IPAD on the Bench

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Also not everyone understands how to use those things so you will have another advantage based on technology and not coaching the sport.

Who says the two can't go hand-in-hand? Besides, if one coach knows more about something than the other coach, then yes, that's life, too.

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?

It's not often that the NF would look at the pros as a blueprint for anything. The pros, of course, address very specific areas that can and cannot be videoed, and those areas are far more detailed than I understand. Are there parallels? Probably. We'd have to look at what exactly those pro rules entail, as they rely on video more than high schools do to keep their jobs.

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?

I'd imagine rocket shoes would be nixed pretty quickly, based on safety issues alone.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Who says the two can't go hand-in-hand? Besides, if one coach knows more about something than the other coach, then yes, that's life, too.

OK, whatever.

Originally Posted by bainsey

It's not often that the NF would look at the pros as a blueprint for anything. The pros, of course, address very specific areas that can and cannot be videoed, and those areas are far more detailed than I understand. Are there parallels? Probably. We'd have to look at what exactly those pro rules entail, as they rely on video more than high schools do to keep their jobs.

And they have the financial wherewithal to implement that. HS sports are a little more pure and because school districts play against other school districts that might not have the same resources, this is why they are not allowed. Again, I am not asking you to agree, just giving my take as to why that is. And the NF has many more constituents than the NFL or NBA for example.

Originally Posted by bainsey

I'd imagine rocket shoes would be nixed pretty quickly, based on safety issues alone.

But if technology is allowed, why not allow them too?

Seriously there was a shoe that claimed to give players a boost in jumping ability, many states outlawed those shoes usage. My state informed us last year and outlawed that shoe.

We are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one. And life in many industries that have rules in place to make the field level. SEC rules, court rules and zoning laws are all examples of how rules are put in place to only allow certain things to go on in life or the not give one business an advantage over another.

Peace

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Seriously there was a shoe that claimed to give players a boost in jumping ability, many states outlawed those shoes usage.

Shoe companies have been claiming that since PF Flyers. If one actually did bring some serious height, again, the safety issues alone would necessitate a ban. No-one should advocate technology when it compromises safety.

SEC rules, court rules and zoning laws are all examples of how rules are put in place to only allow certain things to go on in life or the not give one business an advantage over another.

Partially true. Some of those rules I find to be unnecessary to, but let's leave that can closed.