Welcome to the USFL: Inside Fox and NBC’s first attempt at the 'perfect' football broadcast
Curt Menefee and Joel Klatt worked together on a spring football broadcast two years ago. Now they have a historic redo with the new USFL. Credit: Marvin Gentry for Fox Sports.A broadcast 55 years in the making returned from a commercial break with a gamble in the third quarter. Across FOX and NBC properties, viewers were welcomed back inside Protective Stadium not by an announcer, but with a close-up of New Jersey Generals’ coach Mike Riley.
“We all know how to cover football at a high-end, especially at these networks,” McDonald, who also leads FOX Sports “Big Noon,” told They attached a pair of SkyCams above the field and microphones to more than 60 players and coaches while a three-man team operated a drone from the suite level, flying through the field and concourses.
During last week’s scrimmages, Klatt and Menefee flew into Birmingham to meet teams and see how the broadcast elements would factor in. They witnessed a blocked punt and interception, perfect plays for a helmet-camera view or tracking shot via the drone. But you can’t script games and McDonald was wary of showing a different angle when it didn’t add to the viewing experience.
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