You obviously believe everything you read and do not question what you are being told.
How come no one else in the entire stadium had network issues?
Ok Mr. Enlightenment. Enlighten us just how an iPad would not suffer the same fate if the network is down. I doubt seriously the NFL runs their stuff over the internet, so please, explain to us how this wouldn’t have happened anyway.
“How come no one else in the entire stadium had network issues?”
did you ask every one of them personally?
I seriously doubt they were on the same network. Even the teams would have their own private networks.
by entire stadium you mean people on various smartphone data providers? how does that have anything to do with sideline connectivity to camera feeds or other data on an entirely different network?
Each team is going to be on its own network for reasons that should be obvious. There would be a whole team of network specialists, probably not even MS folks, making sure the networks were properly set up and secure. The computers simply lost their connectivity with one another on the network, most likely because of a flaw in how the network was set up. Nobody is suggesting that the computers weren't able to get a wireless signal. Anyone with any knowledge at all about computers and networks knows that blaming this on the tablets themselves is nonsensical.
Everyone else in the stadium would be on a different network. Do you really think the opposing team would share a network with the Patriots? They each get an independent network for security.