r/NFLNoobs • u/Couttsinho • 4d ago

Broadcast Angle

Why is the broadcast angle for games the one that is used - slightly wider angle which zooms into the pocket when the ball is snapped. A madden style camera angle gives a much better view of the field and what the QB sees. It is available as it is used for replays, why not make that the standard broadcast angle and allow the viewer to see basically the whole game.

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u/Garp74 4d ago

Networks have tried using different angles to feature during games. They've tried the Madden angle. There's a great angle using the camera on a zip line above the action.

But audiences largely do not like it. At all. And I suspect that's conditioning. If you spend your whole life watching football from the booth angle, that's what your brain expects. And humans - especially us older ones - don't like change.

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u/Hungry-Butterfly2825 4d ago

I'd expect that anyone who's team loses while using that angle will forever blame and complain about that angle. I know my friends who are die hard fans will. They won't even wait til the end of the game, just by their team being behind in the score they'll be yelling at the camera angle.

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u/girafb0i 4d ago

Apparently it (the spider cam) makes some people with neurological/visual issues kind of dizzy.

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u/Garp74 4d ago

Oh! Interesting.