When ESPN or TV networks film a game, they do it from many points of view that are switched rapidly on an instantaneous basis from video sent immediately into a central control room.

That’s something we can’t do today from the stands, even with the most sophisticated equipment. And to even try and replicate that would require a sophisticated operation that would be just as complex and difficult as a real job.

Now maybe after the event a group of people could edit together a pretty nice broadcast of the game from high-definition amateur video cameras of the future, but that would be after the event. Long after, actually, considering how unwieldy the process of editing high-def video is.

But the truth is that once a game is over, almost all its value has already been used. Once you know the result of a game there’s not much reason to see it again. 95% of the value of a football game is lost almost immediately after gametime.

Most people who watch a game, watch it from beginning to end (or to when they know the result whichever is sooner). The SEC has nothing to worry about except for hatred from fans thanks to this silly policy.

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