With the NCAA moving towards allowing the use of in helmet coach to player communication, what should HS football do?  In my opinion the NFHS let the ball drop on sideline technology when it comes to HS football.  All the sideline computer in game replay system has done IMO is created a bigger gap between the halves (those who can afford and most importantly staff this system) and have nots.  

Would allowing voice systems in helmets of QB's and 1/2 defensive signal callers help/hurt the game?

Saw this a couple weeks ago on the news... Really cool concept. 

 

2 hours ago, okie1 said:

With the NCAA moving towards allowing the use of in helmet coach to player communication, what should HS football do?  In my opinion the NFHS let the ball drop on sideline technology when it comes to HS football.  All the sideline computer in game replay system has done IMO is created a bigger gap between the halves (those who can afford and most importantly staff this system) and have nots.  

Would allowing voice systems in helmets of QB's and 1/2 defensive signal callers help/hurt the game?

I definitely hear what you are saying regarding the ability of smaller programs to have some of the sideline systems that are available through Hudl and other companies. However, I view this kind of technology as a positive, even if not everyone is able to use it, because it results in higher quality of coaching available to athletes. When the coaches can see alignment, technique, etc. they are not only able to coach with more precision but they are able to show the athletes for themselves their mistakes or opportunities. This makes the kids better football players which is what we all want.

This also means that it is, at least in theory, a little easier for a coach to add value on the sideline. In a time where coaches are getting harder and harder to come by, I see this as a positive as well.

While the sideline communication system doesn't necessarily give a coach the ability to coach better, it would make the game flow more smoothly because it eliminates the running back and forth from the sideline, the broken plays because the QB got the call wrong, and all of the other kind of silly things from happening and really just boils it down to just football and a team's ability to execute. 

My question is, if we were to allow this in Kentucky, how would we police it? Is there some level of control by the officials to cut it off? We don't want coaches talking to players during the play or coaching on the fly necessarily. There would have to be some strong assurances, in my opinion, that this could be monitored and not exploited.

Sideline to helmet communication is not coming within the next decade. The KHSAA just figured out play clocks like 5 years ago. 
 

Hudl Sideline is also less than a grand; which in my opinion is surprisingly doable for a lot of programs. However, I know many programs that don’t like sideline replays. Many kids play both ways for smaller schools, so yanking a kid off the field to show where he missed something 10 plays previously isn’t always the most beneficial thing in the world. 
 

I personally know of two programs that had Hudl Sideline in one season, then removed it the next because they thought it was a distraction and they did not like all the cumbersome aspects of it. 

Play clocks on the field should be required.

With the new technology comes added financial stress on many schools athletic programs. 

4 hours ago, Finkle Ray said:

Saw this a couple weeks ago on the news... Really cool concept. 

 

That's really cool.  Awesome that AT&T made that commitment.