Football is back…well kinda.
The NFL preseason kicks off tonight with the Hall of Fame game, also known as the “battle of the empire state” between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Giants. When either quarterback needs to sit with the coordinators to review their playbooks, they’ll be using these cool Microsoft tablets instead of the photo binders:
NFL teams will use tablets on the sidelines for the first time Sunday – http://t.co/kfbhobXfxR pic.twitter.com/4HcO5sidlm
— For The Win (@ForTheWin) August 3, 2014
The @NFL is replacing black-and-white photographs with Surface tablets on the sidelines http://t.co/0GmgKg8Z8Zpic.twitter.com/kIQcvpjWrJ
— The Verge (@verge) August 3, 2014
The tablets will only be used for photos and will not be video compatible. They also will be formatted with third party applications disabled; meaning you won’t be seeing any exclusive content from the sidelines.
How long until a complaint comes out that teams are hacking into other team’s software? (cough cough New England)
[h/t USA Today]