I was thinking about our upcoming discussion of Epsilen while reading this New York Times article about Huddle, a networked environment designed to help football teams do what they are currently doing in a more powerful way. A technology like this is bound to succeed, because there is potentially a tremendous competitive advantage for teams–the New York Jets just signed an exclusive license to use the product–to use it. Unlike in classrooms where there still seem to be major barriers to widespread technology use, in athletics coaches and players are motivated to use technologies that provide a competitive advantage.