Strength and Conditioning Coach takes cell phone from texter on sideline

Bidgood said:

Of course, smart phones are also audio and video recorders. I'd imagine coaches want to be able to speak freely without having to worry about showing up on youtube.

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Prohibited Field Equipment
ARTICLE 11. Jurisdiction regarding the presence and location of
communication equipment (cameras, sound devices, etc.) within the
playing enclosure resides with game management personnel.
a. Television replay or monitor equipment is prohibited at the sidelines,
press box or other locations within the playing enclosure for coaching
purposes during the game. Motion pictures, any type of film, facsimile
machines, videotapes, photographs, writing-transmission machines and
computers may not be used by coaches or for coaching purposes any
time during the game or between periods.
(Exception: Monitors may be used only to view the live telecast or
webcast. The home team is responsible for assuring identical television
capability in the coaches’ booths of both teams. This capability may
not include replay equipment or recorders.)

NOTE: Beginning with the 2017 season, paragraph a will read as
follows:
Video images, photographs and computers may be used by coaches and
for coaching purposes in the press box and the team locker room. They
are not allowed in the team area, on the playing field, or on the sideline.
Television monitors may only be used in the press-box coaching booths
to view the live broadcast or webcast. Game management is responsible
for assuring identical television capability and identical video and
Internet connectivity in the coaches’ booths of both teams. Television
replay or monitoring equipment is otherwise prohibited at the sidelines
or other locations within the playing enclosure for coaching purposes
during the game.

b. Only voice communication between the press box and team area
is permitted. Where press-box space is not adequate, only voice
communication may originate from any area in the stands between
the 25-yard lines extended to the top of the stadium. No other
communication for coaching purposes is permitted anywhere else.
c. Media communication equipment, including cameras, sound devices,
computers and microphones, is prohibited on or above the field, or in
or above the team area (Rule 2-31-1).

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Chukker Veteran said:

I wonder if the guy got his phone back after the game.

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Bamabuzzard said:

With the capabilities of cell phones (smart phones) to compromise private information and conversations. I have no problem with there being a zero tolerance policy with having anyone using one on the Crimson Tide sidelines. ESPECIALLY while a game is going on. Could you imagine someone videoing (with audio) coaches and players discussing game information on the sidelines then posting it on the internet? Coach Saban would set the earth on fire.

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Bamabuzzard said:

With the capabilities of cell phones (smart phones) to compromise private information and conversations. I have no problem with there being a zero tolerance policy with having anyone using one on the Crimson Tide sidelines. ESPECIALLY while a game is going on. Could you imagine someone videoing (with audio) coaches and players discussing game information on the sidelines then posting it on the internet? Coach Saban would set the earth on fire.

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