NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers plan on going to the Super Bowl using the Apple iPad 2
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The decision to go ahead with the Apple iPad 2 came from Bucs co-Chairman Bryan Glazer who only needed a couple of minutes to realize the potential of giving each player a tablet, according to Coach Morris. 90 Apple iPad 2 units were ordered at a cost of between $500 and $600 each, and now the entire Tampa Bay Buccaneer roster listens to their own favorite music while studying the playbook and watching past games. And Bucs fans, don't worry that Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots are going to grab one of those tablets. If one of the Apple iPad 2 models should fall into enemy hands, it can be easily wiped by remote.
While Tampa Bay is the first NFL team to employ the Apple iPad 2, the way things happen in the routine-laced world of sports, if the Bucs win the Super Bowl this year, Apple can expect a huge order from all of the remaining NFL teams for the iPad the very next day.
source: St.PetersburgTimes via TUAW
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13 Comments
1. iKingTrust (banned) posted on 25 Aug 2011, 13:33 0
NICE. (Fab Voice)
Ok haters let it rain. I know yall can make something negative about this.
2. rican posted on 25 Aug 2011, 13:48 5
unless the ipad can throw to recievers or play defense the bucs are not going to even be in the playoffs
9. bossmt_2 posted on 25 Aug 2011, 18:43 0
I would say unless the iPad can take out Matt Ryan or Drew Brees the Bucs won't make the playoffs.
11. Chakra posted on 26 Aug 2011, 06:36 0
The Bucs are the youngest team in the NFL, and barring from a blown call (which the league admitted), they could have made the playoffs LAST year. They didn't, and they were still close. Thing look even more promising this year.
But that's alright, I'm sure they're hoping the league underestimates them so when they do make the playoffs, all you haters are either 1. going to say "Huh?", or 2. Turn face and say, "I never said... ".... LOL
3. gallitoking posted on 25 Aug 2011, 13:59 0
MR. Bidwill please get my Az Cardinals some Ipad2 so we can return to the Super Bowl... .. wow airlines, Obama, and now the NFL are using Ipad2... hmm try to call Apple users idiots.. one more time..... yeap I thought so... next stop.... the universities..
4. darth8ball posted on 25 Aug 2011, 14:49 4
Or not carrying around the phonebook sized playbooks will mean a loss of physical fitness and therefore the Bucs will be pushed around more on the field and will finish with a leagues worst record, get the number one pick, lose the iPad2's next year and then win the Super Bowl
5. bossmt_2 posted on 25 Aug 2011, 17:26 0
Don't really get why this is that smart of an idea. Playbook isn't a horrible idea, but this is inviting people to use their tablets for something else.
I'd rather just let them keep their playbook, I mean something that works works.
Now the video aspect of it I like, I think being able to create game film for everyone to watch is a good idea so they can watch film whenever they want.
6. biscutbob posted on 25 Aug 2011, 17:45 0
this is a pretty cool idea i like the film concept a lot. this could go very far and i think it could be the future of all teams getting these instead of a playbook.
7. biscutbob posted on 25 Aug 2011, 17:46 0
as long as itf for professionals though i dont care to see this on a highschool or even college level.
8. irvinkeith posted on 25 Aug 2011, 18:15 0
I just like the fact that more and more uses are being discovered for tablets
10. snowgator posted on 26 Aug 2011, 00:20 0
First of all: the screen name I picked "snowgator" is for my affection for the UF Gators, the team I picked as a little kid back in the 70's growing up in Fort Myers. My pro team? You guessed it . The Tampa Bay Buccaneers. THAT was not an easy feet, with an 0-26 start to the franchise and 16 - yep, 16- straght seasons of 10 losses or more. While I do not live in Florida anymore, I am still a Gator and Bucs fan. I like that they are onboard with mordern day tech, and that they reconize the value of letting a little personal use go along with it.
Besides, I just had come from checking on the Bucs on the team web site, and there they are on my favorite mobile site. Gonna be a good day .....
12. InspectorGadget80 posted on 26 Aug 2011, 12:33 0
Don't think the Buccaneers will make it to the super bowl this year. And APPLE probably gave them free Ipads
13. darth8ball posted on 26 Aug 2011, 12:38 0
I don't think Apple would give anyone free anything. might drop the stock price.
