That was the first thing that came to my mind as well. Hackers are always getting smarter and more creative… so are cheaters. And I am positive somebody some where in the NFL is looking for a way to cheat and this would be the perfect target… Stick to the old fashion paper playbook, its the only for sure way to keep others from stealing and spying on it.

The two schools that piloted the ipad program didn’t work out. In the end all the kids were doing was reading books on the ipad….So it was basically a $500.00 overpriced Nook or Kindle. If you want to replace paper books or playbooks, an ipad is not the solution, its something that makes you seem cool to shallow people. The Nook and Kindle display reading materials and a fraction of the cost, and by the way….our tech departemnt can reapir these. We were told by Apple that the school district cannot work on ipad devices. Apple said if an iPad needs repair, just bring it into the mall and we’ll take care of it……HUH????? Hillsborough County has over 180 schools, multiplied by the average school size of 800 kids….So every kid gets an ipad and when it breaks EVRY kid in Hillsborough County is suppossed to take thier device to the mall????? FOR REPAIR????? I don’t think so. I guess only the genius’s that can ring up the cash register at the Apple store are the only choosen ones to work on these precious devices…get over yourself Apple. In teh first half of this school year, from one school, there were 150 repairs needed on the ipads. That’s one school in one half of the year. 95 of those were broken schreens, which Apple so genourouly will not cover under any type of extended warranty….. We had to pay an outside contractor ( apple will not let us work on the devices THAT WE PURCHASED AND NOW OWN) so all those repairs were handled at the tax payers expense at about $250.00 a shot……NICE work Apple…

School District is going with Nook tablets running Windows 8, to replace school books. Thse devices are going to be able to print to existing printers ( it’s still Windows), run Microsft office, and we can WORK ON THE DEICE OUR SELF. Just be practical about stuff and it will work out in the end.

I believe new technology is vital in that, they can study the playbook or opposition via game film on the long boring flights to and from games.

Maybe, Blount will make it to practice on time and stay awake during meetings now, instead of staying up all night surfing the Hooter’s calendar site.

But I always find that I remember things I write down better than things I just view.

There is also another option from the playbook point. Kindle has a “DX” eReader that has a 10″ screen. It ONLY reads books. No games. They are under $200 and I think they would be more helpful than the iPads, because they look just like paper, no backlit screen (no eye strain). It would be perfect to put the playbook itself on.

And then just hand out the iPads to team/Unit leaders under the orders that they use them to help their teammates study and get better…a teaching tool thoughout the season when the film room is not available.

“These guys know how to use all that stuff. They could scroll through and look at all the play,” Glazer said.

The operative word here and the one that spells the death knell for the “Ipad Playbook” is “look.” The players only get to “look” at the plays. Thus, the system will only work for visual learners or those who can learn something just by looking at it and studying it.

What about the kinetic and audio learners? Well by only getting to “look at the play” those types of learners are left out of the equation. If coaching is teaching, then the coach needs to teach the way “individual” players learn.

Hence, some players can learn the plays by “looking at them.” However, other players need to “hear” the coach talking them through the play while some have to actually use their body (which can be the act of drawing the play themselves and writing down the narrative regarding the play).

I agree the Ipads are good for taking “cut ups” and film clips home to study your weaknesses and your opponents. However, nothing, in my opinion, can replace a meeting with the position coach in which he explains the play, draws the play out, and has the players draw and explain the play back, for pure learning of the playbook.

It’s how the human brain is wired.