Yesterday, during the Rose Bowl player media availability, Alabama players made some comments about being instructed by Tide staff to not watch game film on their iPads, citing unauthorized access concerns in the wake of Michigan's illegal sign-stealing scandal earlier this year.
Turns out, this was not a one-sided issue.
To the surprise of many, Michigan standout quarterback JJ McCarthy shared today that the Wolverines have been doing the same for the last several weeks, as they stopped watching film on tablets back in November at the request of Michigan coaches.
Wolverines offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore shared that the "caught wind of things that could be going on" and that's when players were told to stop watching film outside of the football facility.
While there have been whispers in the profession of concerns with film access for a months now, since word first began to leak of Michigan's scouting debacle, those comments from both sides certainly shed light on a troubling trend and what seems to be a disintegration of trust in the security of online film accessed from tablets.
Tonight, Catapult, the company that provides video and analysis to a lot of college football programs, issued a statement to multiple outlets that read:
"We are aware of the ongoing investigation of the alleged unauthorized access to NCAA football video footage."
"We have conducted an internal investigation and have not found any security breach in our systems. We have shared this with local authorities that are conducting an investigation. We will continue to support the ongoing investigation with the NCAA and local authorities."
"At Catapult, we hold ourselves to the highest of standards and safeguarding our customer information is of utmost importance to us."
This will be a topic that the entire profession keeps an eye on in the coming weeks and months, as the security of film continues to be a concern.
Stay tuned to The Scoop for the latest.