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GameStrat Becomes Exclusive Provider of Sideline Tablet Technology To NCAA FCS Southwestern Athletic Football Conference GameStrat, a leading provider of sideline tablet technology solutions, today announced a groundbreaking partnership with the NCAA's Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), becoming the exclusive provider of sideline tablet technology for the conference's football programs. The Southwestern Athletic Conference is excited to partner with GameStrat and their innovative sideline tablet technology. We look forward to providing this innovative technology to the football programs within our league as they seek to continue to advance in all technological and strategic facets of the game. - Dr. Charles McClelland, SWAC Commissioner

GameStrat Becomes Exclusive Provider of Sideline Tablet Technology To NCAA FCS Patriot League Conference for Football GameStrat, a leading provider of sideline tablet technology solutions, today announced a groundbreaking partnership with the NCAA's Patriot League conference, becoming the exclusive provider of sideline tablet technology for the conference's football programs. We are thrilled to partner with GameStrat to provide our member football programs with the best in sideline technology. They have a well-deserved reputation of innovation and reliability that we expect to serve our membership well. - Jennifer Heppel, Patriot League Commissioner

GameStrat Becomes Exclusive Provider of Sideline Tablet Technology To NCAA FCS Big Sky Football Conference GameStrat, a leading provider of sideline tablet technology solutions, today announced a groundbreaking partnership with the NCAA's Big Sky Football Conference, becoming the exclusive provider of sideline tablet technology for the conference's football programs. The Big Sky Conference is excited to partner this coming season with GameStrat, which has quickly become the leader in FCS football sideline coaching technology. Following the NCAA recently approving the use of in-game video, our membership quickly decided the next best way to continue elevating Big Sky football was with a league-wide deal to utilize GameStrat’s proprietary technology that will provide our coaches the instantaneous ability during a game to teach and scout while on the sideline, in the locker room, and upstairs in their box. - Dan Satter, Big Sky Conference Deputy Commissioner

GameStrat Becomes Exclusive Provider of Sideline Tablet Technology To NCAA FCS Missouri Valley Football Conference GameStrat, a leading provider of sideline tablet technology solutions, today announced a groundbreaking partnership with the NCAA's Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC), becoming the exclusive provider of sideline tablet technology for the conference's football programs. The Missouri Valley Football Conference is fully committed to putting its teams in the best position to succeed in the coming season through the newly approved use of sideline video. After carefully researching options, the MVFC has partnered with GameStrat, a proven industry leader in sideline tablet technology. - Patty Viverito, MVFC Commissioner

Brown University football is one of the most tenured college football programs in the country. The Bears played their first game in 1878, and since then have played over 1,200+ games spanning across 150 years. When the NCAA approved the use of sideline tablets in live competition April 18th 2024, it was interesting to see a team with such a storied tradition, be so quick to adopt this new technology.

Baylor Football wasn't waiting around for the NCAA to decide on sideline tablet technology. They took a proactive approach, researching and implementing the GameStrat Sideline Instant Replay system in their training this spring. This allowed their coaches to experience the advantages of instant feedback and streamlined film review firsthand, and get ready to utilize the system at full capacity this fall. "At the time we didn't know for sure if sideline tablets would be approved or not," shared Kaleb Wood, Baylor's Director of Football Technology. "But our coaches wanted some form of tablet replay system in their hand as soon as possible so they could get familiar with how it worked & figuring out the processes of how they would use it to be even more efficient."

It’s official! GameStrat is thrilled to announce that in-game tablet technology is now making its debut in Texas High School Football, thanks to recent rule changes adopted by the UIL.

GameStrat has specialized in providing sideline tablet technology to high school football teams across the country since 2016. Over the past 8 years, GameStrat has been chosen by the top high school football programs across the country, with coaches regarding the system to be the most reliable and overall best option on the market. Now that the NCAA has officially approved the use of sideline tablet technology for the upcoming season, our group of sideline replay experts decided to help college football video coaches by providing insights into what you should look for in a sideline tablet system.

Over the last couple months we've seen the rise in talks of NCAA football changing the rules & finally allowing teams to use sideline tablet technology like they do in US high school football and the NFL. GameStrat is the market leader when it comes to sideline tablet technology and we've been at the forefront of things throughout this 2024 off season. Plenty of football programs across college football are already utilizing and leveraging GameStrat's technology during their spring practices and scrimmages in preparation for the new upcoming changes. We have also been talking to numerous conference staff all throughout every division, and as a result we decided to create this blog to help educate coaches and any staff throughout all conferences on the latest news and developments that we are aware of. Want to receive these updates in your inbox? Simply click here to sign up for our NCAA Updates Newsletter.

On April 18th 2024, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel met to discuss the long awaited introduction of sideline tablet technology in college football. After overwhelming support across all 3 divisions of the NCAA, the use of sideline tablet technology was officially approved for the upcoming 2024 season.