LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The move toward allowing wireless communication between coaches and players on the field in college football is on hold after a plan to experiment with the technology in a few of this year's bowl games was scrapped.
The NCAA football rules committee last February gave the go-ahead for the first steps to be taken for putting wireless devices in the helmets of the quarterback and one defensive player to allow coaches to give directions or play calls, same as in the NFL. The idea was tabled in November after a technology subcommittee charged with lying groundwork for the system ran into opposition from some coaches and had difficulty working out details.