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timeout Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:04am
smart phone
 
I saw a coach using a smart phone during a match.
Would that be allowed?

MCBear Sat Sep 01, 2012 01:10pm
If it is being used for statistical purposes, it would be considered legal.

Per 12-2-8g:
Quote:
ART. 8 . . . Unsporting conduct for a coach, substitute or team attendant includes, but is not limited to the following:...
g. Using electronic equipment, excluding computers (i.e., television monitoring/replay equipment, headsets, etc.), for coaching purposes during the set or any intermission; ...
If it is being used for coaching purposes, it is a card on the coach.

Hope that helps.

outathm Mon Sep 03, 2012 01:13pm
I would be hard pressed to not call a smart phone a computer and let this one slide. Most smart phones have as much or more 'computing power' than the computers I used in college the first time around.

I feel this is a nit that I am not going to pick.

MCBear Mon Sep 03, 2012 08:01pm
The key question is, "Is it being used for statistics or to view the match?" If the answer is statistics, no problem. If it is being used to view the match, its use is discontinued and the coach receives a card for unsporting conduct.

outathm Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:09pm
Agreed. If the coach is viewing replays on his phone he and I will be having an unhappy (for him) conversation. There are too many apps out there for almost every smart phone to be used to keep stats.

oldsetter Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:23am
Most coaches I know would be checking the football scores...;)


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