UEFA Euro 2020 Group B ** spoilers ** (Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Russia)

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Somnambulist said:
It doesn't surprise me - there's swathes of people whose first instinct when they see something horrible unfolding is to whip out their phone and upload it to social media - that it could extend to a director's decisions for live TV coverage isn't much of a reach.
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It can be a good thing, tho.

E.g. for evidence in a legal case, performance analysis and review, etc.

Let's not forget that we often record footage of wars, from the WWI and onwards.

Although some might find it distasteful, the filming of horrific events is not without merit.

That is not to say that the broadcasters shouldn't have cut away (they probably should), but there are some hysterical people on Twitter saying all the cameramen should be fired. Which is obviously daft.
 
FoxEye said:
It can be a good thing, tho.

E.g. for evidence in a legal case, performance analysis and review, etc.

Let's not forget that we often record footage of wars, from the WWI and onwards.

Although some might find it distasteful, the filming of horrific events is not without merit.

That is not to say that the broadcasters shouldn't have cut away (they probably should), but there are some hysterical people on Twitter saying all the cameramen should be fired. Which is obviously daft.
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Yeah, but I think the problem most people have with it is the moral stance of the person filming. Most of the people you see filming stuff on their phones aren't doing it to document evidence, they are doing it so they can post online and get followers or show their mates. Which leaves a sick taste in most people mouths who have an ounce of respect.
 
IronSpider said:
If I was one of his team mates surrounding him when they got the defib out I wouldn't be playing again in any form of a decent mindset for a long while. Very recently I was listening to a Bolton team player talk about how badly it affected them despite the recovery. Must have be horrific to be a team mate stood there unable to do anything.
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This is what I think too - UEFA should offer all the players and match officials counselling after witnessing something like that.
 
mysticsniper said:
The match will have to be played another time, or it goes down as a 0-0 draw surely?
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I suspect it will be the latter IF Denmark remain in the tournament, I dont think there is opportunity in the schedule to play it again and there is the question mark on whether Denmark will want to continue in the tournament anyway.
 
It’s the fact that they kept cutting back to it that boiled my ****. I mean, if you see the player looking passed out/completely still and his team mates in distress something bad has obviously happened so pan out and just wait for him to get taken off the pitch. But when it goes back to him getting chest compressions and then back again for the difribulator. At that point I was saying to my wife why on earth do they keep going back to this?!? And then they show his wife!..

The director who was choosing the feeds is probably going to be facing some backlash after this. Although as has been said I think the BBC maybe should’ve just cut away themselves and spoke about it from there. That just didn’t need to be broadcast live.
 
I just got home and heard about this. Female talkradio presenter saying she's about to to speak to Harry Redknap and is asking 'will the competition now be cancelled'. What? All it means is Denmark might pull out.
 
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