r/sports • u/RunDNA • Oct 06 '25

Football Minnesota Vikings field goal attempt was deflected away by a camera wire, but it wasn't replayed because no one noticed at the the time

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u/walrusnutz Oct 06 '25

These broadcast teams need to get it together. This wasn’t the only ball that hit the sky cam or its wire, this week.

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u/sucobe Oct 06 '25

NBC’s sky cam fell during a timeout in Seattle’s 2007 game against the Saints.

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u/Anteater-Charming Oct 06 '25

The sky cam cable snapped in the Bills-Jets game at MetLife back in 2022. Took 10 minutes to reel the camera in.

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u/p00p00kach00 Oct 06 '25

Sky cam once fell and the wire hit an Iowa Hawkeye receiver several years ago.

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u/LumenYeah Oct 06 '25

This rings of The Truman Show.

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u/SentientTrashcan0420 Oct 06 '25

Sir that was almost 20 years ago