Spies on the sidelines the high-stakes world of NFL espionage
"The first book to fully explore the arsenal of methods NFL teams use to spy on their opponents and the countermeasures used to deter them, Spies on the Sidelines includes incredible stories of covert surveillance, encryption, radio frequency jamming, stolen documents, and more"--
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Part I : trick plays. Collection during practices
- Locker-room collection and searching for paperwork
- Listening devices
- Miscellaneous game-time collection
- Elicitation
- Insider information
- Part II : the core of the playbook. Advance scouting
- Debriefs
- Signals collection
- Open-source and media collection
- Part III : the draft and free agency. Draft prospects
- Opponents' draft targets
- Pro scouting
- The AFL and NFL fight over players
- Part IV : a case study of the Cheatriots and the league that enables them. Spygate
- The skeletons in the closet
- Deflategate.
