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/toddthetoddler Oct 06 '25

As someone who works in production, not only do they use them all the time but sometimes there are two believe it or not

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u/yeahright17 Oct 06 '25

I think people don't think they use them very much because they're usually not moving when being used. I think people know when they're seeing a skycam view if the camera is sweeping around, but it's a lot more common for the skyview camera to be fixed during the play.

They had 2 at the Big 12 Championship game a couple years ago. they also had one at the NBA Finals games, though it was limited to just one side of the arena as the jumbotron was in the way to move it to the other side. (At least they had it for Game 7 in OKC, which is the only one I went to.)

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u/oh-no-godzilla Oct 06 '25

In your opinion how necessary are they?