Menu
Leagues and Governing Bodies

Belichick Among NFL Coaches Frustrated With Sideline Tablets, Wireless Network Connections

Patriots coach Bill Belichick was "clearly frustrated" during the team's season-opening loss to the Dolphins, as his Microsoft Surface tablet "kept losing its Internet connection, leaving Belichick unable to exchange images he and his coaches rely on to make in-game adjustments," according to Callum Borchers of the BOSTON GLOBE.  Belichick: "It’s probably less dependable than the (printed) pictures. ... I’d say every game that we’ve used them in there have been times where it works fine. There are other times where you lose the connection and you don’t have it. I’m sure that’s probably true of most other teams, too. At least other coaches that I’ve talked to made the same type of comments." But NFL Corporate Communications Manager Joanna Hunter "insisted the league’s new system worked fine" during Patriots-Dolphins. Hunter: "We had no sideline Wi-Fi connectivity issues on either sideline in Miami on Sunday." She added the NFL "will continue to monitor connectivity and address any issues as they develop." A Dolphins spokesperson said that the team's coaches "reported no problems." With service interruptions "rendering their tablets useless at times, Patriots coaches could be seen reverting to the old system of printing aerial photos on the sideline and filing them in three-ring binders." The NFL’s wireless network for the Surface tablets "is different from the ones many teams, such as the Patriots, have installed in stadiums for fans to use" (BOSTON GLOBE, 9/14).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2014/09/15/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/NFL-Wifi.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2014/09/15/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/NFL-Wifi.aspx

CLOSE