Just yesterday we brought you the story of the unmanned electric cart that injured seven people at a high school football division championship game. It seems that the football fields are getting increasingly dangerous, with new technologies going haywire. Just last week, at the Insight Bowl a flying camera came crashing down on the field, just missing Iowa receiver Martin McNutt Jr.
Although McNutt dodged a potentially harmful situation, he still became entangled in the guide wire. McNutt recalls that "[The wire] was just pulling me and I knew I didn't want to keep going with it." ESPN's spokesman said the company who supplies the cameras, SkyCam, a division of Winnercomm Inc. will be conducting a thorough review to determine how this accident even happened to begin with. They also plan on creating a course of action for the future of their flying cameras.
The flying camera has been used so consistently for football footage, most players and fans barely notice they're there anymore. They have become a staple for Monday Night Football, and are even used for other sports, such as basketball, hockey, NASCAR and even baseball. The cameras rarely interfere with the games, and have yet to cause any problems.
There have been two incidents of issues with the cameras, but neither resulted in the crashing of the camera to the ground. In 2007 one camera was forced to make a descent during an NFL game from a "human error." Then in 2009 another camera was taken down due to wind gusts of around 40 mph. Never has a camera crashed to the field as it did last week.
Luckily, McNutt was a good sport about the incident. After the game he even joked that "I feel like somebody was trying to kill me on their (Oklahoma's) staff," he said. "If you are looking, I'm looking for you. No. It was lucky it didn't hit me." McNutt narrowly dodges the camera and suffered minor scratches. The game was delayed for about five minutes as the crew cleaned up the camera and wire.
Iowa was unable to rally in the last ten minutes and lost the game to No. 19 team Oklahoma 31-14. While the incident left none injured, it could have been a serious and potentially life-threatening accident. The cameras weigh around 30 pounds and when falling from 10-20 feet, could have become a dangerous weapon.
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