Okay, so here's my question. In Brent Musburger's opinion, what exactly do occasional watchers of the NFL give a shit about it? I'd assume nothing since it's inherently paradoxical for a casual fan to truly care about any one aspect of the sport they are sporadically watching because they have nothing better to do. However, let's assume that someone with an extensive broadcasting career knows better than I and there are certain things that make the uninvested more likely to tune in. If that's the case, why wouldn't a camera that makes it far easier to understand the multitude of things that are taking place on the field at any given time be one of them? I'd agree that the positioning of safeties isn't a primary concern for 99.9999% of the audience that doesn't coach secondaries professionally, but why would anyone watching not be interested in seeing through the eyes of the one player on each team who everyone knows by name? If Musburger's is saying that a new camera angle isn't going to help draw ratings for a mid-week matchup whose gameplay predominantly sucks then he probably makes a pretty decent point. If he's saying that watching from a vantage point that people literally use when trying to re-create what they see on the field virtually (i.e. 'Madden') is somehow less appealing than a sideline shot that hides players for long stretches of time then I can't help but wonder if his age just has him hating everything that didn't exist back in his day. After all, future coaches can probably tell you what's going on without actually seeing it. As an idiot fan I can definitely say that I can't trust anything but my own eyes whose range of vision has been expanded by the 'SkyCam'.
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