Alabama Questioned for Giving Athletes Apple Watches

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University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban boasted of his team's use of Apple Watches to maintain player wellbeing during the social distancing brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, but some have questioned whether distribution of the devices creates an unfair advantage.

“Hopefully this will help us with some injury prevention and help us be able to perform better when the time comes,” Saban said during a Thursday teleconference with reporters. Referring to his newly hired directors of performance and performance science, Saban added, “They were very instrumental with setting up this whole program of what we’re doing for the players in terms of Apple Watches for their workouts, apps on their phones, weight-training programs. We had an issue of some players not having a place to work out because some high schools are closed. So we put them on band workout programs.

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