David at VodkaFish laments the “bad angle” in sports television today, specifically those currently appearing in National Football League broadcasts. I can’t help but agree. Not normally one to stand in the way of progress, I think that CBS, FOX, and ABC are all just putting together these overhead and “other” angles in the repertoire of camera shots without realizing what it does to a viewer’s experience. There have been multiple occasions where a camera angle has been less than perfect, but the blocked extra point that David references has got to be one of the worst examples I’ve seen this season.
It took FOX four games of the World Series to realize that they were cutting into the first pitch of a half-inning because they were stacking in commercials this year - don’t you think the networks should be realizing that while they might think they are in the business of selling advertising, the viewing public doesn’t believe that should be the case? Until you figure out how to get these (mostly robotic) cameras working perfectly, save them for replays or wide-angle overhead shots.
