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Amid questions about the integrity of coach-to-player in-game communication systems being used in Power 4 college football games this season, the Big 12 is reportedly taking steps to provide encryption and more protection.
Bruce Feldman, Sam Khan Jr., Justin Williams and Ralph Russo of The Athletic and ESPN's Max Olson reported Wednesday the conference instructed its teams to send their helmet communication devices to GSC, which is the company that provides the system, to receive a software update that encrypts the communication.
The communications have happened on unencrypted frequencies thus far, meaning they could have been accessible to anyone with a scanner and the ability to locate the correct frequencies.