Last night after watching, 40 Year Old Virgin (IMDB), Rick flipped the TV back over to cable and we were blindsided by ESPN2’s college football coverage of Florida vs. Florida State.
Instead of the normal football format, the screen was split into 8 screens, each of them showing a part of the game. Think BloombergTV.
There were dedicated cameras on each head coach, dedicated cameras on each quarterback, and 4 different angles of the field. Overkill? I say yes.
Why do I need to see what the coaches are doing during every moment of the game? Similarly, why does there need to be a camera on the quarterback whose defense is on the field? Do we really need to see him drinking his Gatorade?
After a few minutes they did go to a 6 camera format, but it was still way too much going on at once. I sure hope this type of coverage doesn’t start making it’s way to NFL games or I’m going to have a headache after watching the first quarter.
I made a quick representation of what it looked like for visual reference. See for yourself if this would make you go nuts too.
I bet you wouldn’t complain as much if they did this for Hockey.
No really, it was too much; even for the great sport of hockey.
But like I said, you wouldn’t complain as much.
I actually saw this game while I was at my friend’s house. Jared, you are right, it IS too much. They seriously show all of the coaches and stuff. The “normal” view and maybe the “sky” view might be alright, but we don’t need the coaches and players sitting on the bench to appreciate the game. We had commented how the screen sucked too.