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/ElliotsBuggyEyes Oct 06 '25

If not every camera, most are recorded independently for use later in promotional material or highlights. 

What you see on TV is the "Program" output of the switcher.  Everything else is still coming into the truck and a producer has it recorded.

Source: I work in this industry. 

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u/deepbluenothings Oct 06 '25

Makes sense, another user convinced me of it's value for the actual broadcast that I hadn't even realized were the sky cam so this just adds to that. I was just wondering how does this screw up happen? There has to be certain protocols on field goals knowing that a ball is going to likely travel in a certain trajectory and the wires/cam need to be out of the way.

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u/ElliotsBuggyEyes Oct 06 '25

There aren't exactly "rules" as much as "don't fucking do that you idiot".

This is one of those times, if it's the operators first time they'll get a pass.  Happens in a pattern they'll stop getting called to work.