Drone Crash - Ski World Cup

[momoffduty]

Just missed a skier!

[Steve Grisetti]

Ha! Well, it had to happen eventually.

I often wonder about those remote cams suspended on wires above NFL games. How long until someone smacks one with a Hail Mary pass?

[Peru]

I often wonder about those remote cams suspended on wires above NFL games. How long until someone smacks one with a Hail Mary pass?

Does that make it a dead ball?

[Steve Grisetti]

Well, for what it's worth, baseball is already making rules about balls that hit cameras.

* A batted ball striking the backstop camera is considered a dead ball.
* A thrown ball striking the backstop camera is considered in play.

[Peru]

I found this thread interesting:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2 ... _overhead/

[Steve Grisetti]

That's interesting, Peru! The technology of broadcasting the game is becoming part of the game.

Kind of like when they declare an "official timeout" so that they can get some commercials in.

[sidd finch]

Here is a football camera crash. Starts at about :52

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8mfRIJCViA[/youtube]

Sidd

[Steve Grisetti]

Yeowch!

[Bob]

Skycam is a cable suspended system, not a free flying drone. I think there was another Skycam crash about 5 years ago.