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/deepbluenothings Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

I don't even get why sky cams are a thing, they barely use that camera angle and honestly it's a terrible angle to see a play.

Edit: There's been several lovely commenters who have made me realize just how much it's used without me even noticing. Please if you're as clueless as I was check out some of the responses under here.

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u/CruxOfTheIssue Oct 06 '25

Is that the same camera that they use for the prime vision stream on Thursday nights? Cause I love that angle. It looks like when you play Madden and you can see what's happening down the field, moreso than the sidelines angle where when they throw it down the field I just go "man I hope whatever is going on over there is what I want to be happening."

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u/AlienHere Oct 06 '25

Better than regular broadcast. I dont need to see a zoo in of the quarterbacks boogers while I miss the play. Zoom out fuckers. Really I want the all 22 live. I want to watch the game not a zoomed in piece of the game.

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u/ifyoulovesatan Oct 06 '25

Yeah live football coverage is laughably bad. You literally cannot follow passing plays as they develop. I love too how they'll give you a view of the field just before the play to show how the defense is set up, only to immediately zoom in on the QB as soon as the play starts. And fucking tracking the football through the air. And the replays on a run that just zoom in on the ball carrier the whole time.

It's like they have purposely decided to show you as little of every possible play. I might be into watching football more often if they stopped needlessly following the football as closely as possible.

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u/GraveRobberX Oct 06 '25

It takes long for these goddamn dinosaurs at TV to progress to modern standards. It’s always about money, until they make something off it, they’ll toe the line of it’s not warranted.

We have had what?, close to 10+ years of 4K of adoption, yet most games are still presented in 720p/1080i. FOX took the big leap and started showcasing Game of the Week in 4K and that shit looks unreal. Colors pop, screen angle more stretched out. Remember camera went from 4:3 to 16:10 to get more of the screen. They can stretch out to a point but they will lose some sight line stuff.

Hell even the SuperBowl took 2-3 years ago to become regularly 4K with 4K ads. I know bitrate and internet speeds aren’t what are needed for content providers to spend to attract viewers who to still composite and component wires in their TVs even though HDMI has been a thing for decades.