Coach-to-player helmet comm scrutinized, vendor lacking encrypted frequencies

October 30, 2024

By Chip Brown, 247Sports: Until this week, the first year of coach-to-player helmet communication in college football has been considered an almost universal success.

But serious questions have been raised about the integrity of those communications after it was revealed the vendor to the Power Four conferences has been using unencrypted frequencies that could be hacked by anyone knowledgable about the use of scan technology, multiple sources told 247Sports on Wednesday.

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Coach-to-player helmet communication under scrutiny due to vendor's failure to provide encrypted frequencies

Questions about the integrity of coach-to-player helmet communication in college football have arisen after the Power Four vendor's failure to provide encrypted frequencies. One Big 12 athletic director has asked for an investigation.

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