ACC Football Teams to Use Apple iPads on Sideline

<p>The Atlantic Coast Conference will use iPad tablets on football sidelines and coaches booths starting with the upcoming 2024 season&period; All 17 ACC football programs will have access to conference-provided iPad Pro and iPad Air models to immediately view video playback with the hopes of elevating on field performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both Stanford and Cal are joining the ACC this year after the Pac-12 conference imploded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In April&comma; the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved the use of video for in-game evaluation&period; The large multi-touch display of iPad&comma; combined with its performance and portability&comma; make it the ideal solution for coaches and student-athletes to watch film in-game in an efficient and timely manner&period; The video provided to each team’s sideline will include the broadcast feed and camera angles from the coach’s sideline and coach’s end zone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The ACC continues its commitment in embracing the use of technology to elevate the performance of our student-athletes&comma; teams&comma; officials&comma; and more&comma;” said ACC Commissioner <strong>Jim Phillips&comma; Ph&period;D<&sol;strong>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are proud to advance the sport of football and build upon our positive experiences over the last two years of testing in men’s and women’s basketball&period; Between our state-of-the art ACC Game Day Operations Center&comma; being at the forefront of testing the technology in basketball and with this year’s integration in football&comma; we are proud of our unparalleled prioritization of technology and the positive impact it will have for our league&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re thrilled the ACC is utilizing iPad&comma; as its unique capabilities and versatility make it the ideal solution to support coaches and student-athletes&comma;” said <strong>Scott Brodrick<&sol;strong>&comma; Apple’s Worldwide iPad Product Marketing&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With an unrivaled combination of advanced displays&comma; powerful performance&comma; portability&comma; fast connectivity&comma; all day battery life and versatile accessories&comma; iPad will let coaches and players make in-game adjustments and empower athletes to compete at the highest level&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ACC will kick off the 2024 college football season in Dublin with a Week 0 matchup between Florida State and Georgia Tech&comma; live on ESPN in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;urldefense&period;com&sol;v3&sol;&lowbar;&lowbar;https&colon;&sol;u7061146&period;ct&period;sendgrid&period;net&sol;ls&sol;click&quest;upn&equals;4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUcg8zTYGO4144vc6uaDaC1e1Z7I3MCuDVgnmdK-2FZzaaQi29C&lowbar;UJQixkUOaEhzf76MfmmcLiIolvBk-2BeLdj0s0tzigJNxwVDa1cXpSpMjkohlVKCvY9e6-2FnlSomQcZaQuaBamvGvLuoMqJWNo-2FZIuqjS3jPaw2iJBrJnu6yh22q1U8da-2FEb-2FdJtMZAozV2Wd3D0Iv-2FfdLSn71VGsjWf6ViwqPUOPT5cghYrJHI3yuqXkSmywqgdnCLE5BK-2FskhTg42-2BeezYvXO2qqTHzOcqeSq-2FhCZqGWvWJ2X1vqPP-2FISTJjpFsZjr-2FC87ZJPyQErs4srtKcxUfXebgYngKkw-2BCerFJG-2FpcvyJTWVK8cfz4n50-2Fl8OfyWyur-2B1EeKpITsywZWYOqwlyFfThH-2BCOMaDOZhR-2BNa8ak-3D&lowbar;&lowbar;&semi;&excl;&excl;Om87Lau1Cg&excl;Pep27Szb6zwufha9CD-gP-paDZ8SdND-Z&lowbar;HHqU8PS0IMvRuEW06tcCek9aleD5KVXko&lowbar;jbPxJVM3&lowbar;-w&dollar;"><em>2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic<&sol;em><&sol;a> at Aviva Stadium on Saturday&comma; Aug&period; 24 &lpar;noon ET&rpar;&period; Action continues in Week 1 with all 17 ACC teams taking to the field and 16 of them playing across Disney platforms over Labor Day weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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