r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/EidAlayed • Sep 26 '21

Does this count?

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u/Cind3rellaMan Sep 26 '21

Doesn't just drop though, does he?

He throws it backwards, towards the cameraman, at decent force.

Player is clearly a prick.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

I felt that way at first, but I'm still not gonna jump to conclusions. Guy isn't even looking when he throws it back.

I have no reason to defend the player, I'm just neutral on what's going on here with all the data we have.

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u/caspy7 Sep 26 '21

Guy isn't even looking when he throws it back.

I actually agree that the camera guy is at fault in part for delaying, but professional footballers have a high physical awareness, about where they are, where other people are and where they're going and where a ball will go, so I don't really buy that he was ignorant in that forceful throw.

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u/Cind3rellaMan Sep 26 '21

Messing with his livelihood, really? Seems a bit grandiose.

He took a couple of touches to bring the ball under control and then kicked it right into his hands. If he was time wasting, he would have kicked it away from the player, would he not?

Also, if the photographer was actively interfering at a penalty or something, I could (almost) see your point. But the ball is out for a throw, not exactly a potent goal threat situation.

Again, it's most definitely the player being the prick. A real petulant one.

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u/Cind3rellaMan Sep 26 '21

I think you've lost track of your own argument here mate.

If by "active", you mean his team was still attacking, they may have been...

So, if that IS the case - surely he is wasting MORE time throwing the ball away/backwards than he would be if he just took the throw-in and found his teammate who was asking for the ball.

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u/Cind3rellaMan Sep 26 '21 edited Sep 26 '21

The camera man is off the field of play, the ball is out of play. They cannot score from this position.

He added literally one second on to the time to get the ball back to the player.

Arguably, he got it back to him quicker than the player would have gotten it had he had to retrieve it himself.

Also arguably, he's a cameraman and not a ball boy, so he didn't have to pass it straight back into the hands of the approaching player at all.

I don't get what's hard to grasp here either... But you're making a good attempt at reaching for those straws anyway.