Some TV crews are so intrusive they actually cross the line from informative to invasive. What ESPN’s cameras did at the end of the USC/Ohio State game definitely falls into that category. USC was looking to finish off their drive with about a minute left and they were talking things over during a timeout. Naturally the ESPN cameras tried to get a glimpse of the private conversation and got blown off by SC coach Jeremy Bates:
There’s a line between real live sports and produced sports drama, and throwing the cameras in there for a closeup in that situation crosses the line. I’m glad Bates told them to beat it so that the camera guy understood there still are some limits.
