NFL to Install Cameras in Locker Rooms for Stadium Viewing
In its quest to keep fans in the stands, and give them a reason not to view games in high definition in their livings rooms, the N.F.L. will put cameras into all home team locker rooms next season. Then they will encourage the teams to use the video on their stadium scoreboards, to give fans who buy tickets an inside look at what goes on in the teams’ inner sanctums.
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I'm not sure i like this idea. So halftime speeches and even adjustments may become public? While the article does say teams can use the video at their discretion and are unlikely to reveal any significant strategic details, IMO coaches and players will behave differently for now on because of this. I am sure head coaches hate this idea by the commish.
In its quest to keep fans in the stands, and give them a reason not to view games in high definition in their livings rooms, the N.F.L. will put cameras into all home team locker rooms next season. Then they will encourage the teams to use the video on their stadium scoreboards, to give fans who buy tickets an inside look at what goes on in the teams’ inner sanctums.
Read more : http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/...-cameras-in-locker-rooms-for-stadium-viewing/
I'm not sure i like this idea. So halftime speeches and even adjustments may become public? While the article does say teams can use the video at their discretion and are unlikely to reveal any significant strategic details, IMO coaches and players will behave differently for now on because of this. I am sure head coaches hate this idea by the commish.
