NFL's Thursday Night Football looked like a video game. Plenty of fans didn't like it.

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I caught an ESPN college football game stream with no commentary as the overhead camera roamed around the field from one play to the next. I had never seen a football game from this perspective - and I thought it was revolutionary!


Source: WaPo by Travis M. Andrews

NFL fans and commentators were again divided on Thursday night, only this time it wasn’t about players kneeling during the national anthem. It was over a camera angle.

Thursday Night Football’s matchup between the Tennessee Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers looked an awful lot like a video game. That’s because the broadcast’s primary angle was from SkyCam, a moving camera attached to wires that hangs about 15 feet over the field. The fact that it looked like a video game was part of the appeal for the NFL.

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True to form, NFL fans sounded off on Twitter. Reactions were mixed and, this being football, pretty fiery.

One fan called it “wonderful” and requested the NFL keep SkyCam “as the primary view for all broadcasts forever.” Another said the angle was “a nice touch to see how plays develop.” Another said: “I need skycam in all sports. This would be great for NBA games, too.”

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The fans who hated it, though, really hated it.

One said the SkyCam will “get me to stop watching football. Make camera angles great again!” Another tweeted to NBC, “enough with the overhead camera. We get it, you’re edgy. Go back to the camera that shows the whole field.” A third called it “beyond lame,” adding, “Please just stop. If I wanted views like this I’d play Madden 14.”

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Read it all at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/11/17/nfl-fans-are-arguing-again-its-not-about-kneeling-but-a-camera/

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