…rather than producing thick periodicals the size of the Yellow Pages, the Bucs have downloaded their playbooks on iPad 2s and distributed them to each of their 90 players.
What’s more, players can use the tablet computer to reference video files of games, and practice and situational videos of any NFL team.
First iPads were used instead of flight manuals for commercial pilots. Now they’re being used for NFL playbooks. Is there any question that the iPad is more than a fad? This device is changing the world.
The missing headline: “The iPad is so easy to use that even football players can use it!”
Just kidding–there are many brilliant football players.
Blackberry tried with the “Playbook” but Apple’s iPad is actually being used as a playbook. Sorry RIM. Pretty cool Apple.
So easy sales reps can use them 😉
We deploy them to our sales reps which have all sales collateral on them. Our clients sign contracts on them, they can create simple mockups of advertising for our clients etc. The iPad is now an indispensable tool in the hands of other tools in our business 😉
In the NFL, to be great, you have to be brilliant. Lots of study and intelligence are needed to succed at that level. That’s why so many college stars don’t make the grade in the NFL, and unsung low level draft picks rise to greater levels in that environment.
How long before movies of the plays are directly streamed to coaches and players straight from the team’s (or NFL Film’s) servers to the pads? Probably not long, considering they already use laptops for this.
I loved the coaches line in story: “What happens if a player loses his team-issued iPad? Well, it’s better than leaving a playbook in a hotel room in Foxboro, Mass.”You’ve got a way to wipe (everything) off with the push of a button,” Morris said.”
That seems so true. The only thing now is battery life.