KY TV sportscaster sues local HS

Person on his right sees the play and starts backing away. There is no one on his left.

Any claim of too many people around him to move or get away is horsehooey. He stayed on the shot and got whacked.

And now, though, because of this the news media up there in some places may not be able to be on the sidelines. Thanks, Fred.

 

Agree with this, and I wonder if he was ignorant that there was video of the incident floating out there.

 

Here is the wide angle:

 

Looking at the “all 22” angle, Fred simply didn’t move.

What I think happened: he was probably following the ball in the Viewfinder and, given where the sun was, he lost track of where the bodies around the play (and him) were going.

Also… don’t shoot into the sun.

This is on Fred. He had room to move and escape. I don’t think he is being malicious with this but I wonder if Hearst barely gave him any workers comp. Fred makes really good money there — perhaps the kind of thing a TV station does to nudge a high salary out.

 

Here is the complaint.

He (or his lawyer) said "Trinity is better than the rest of you jabronies and they know it. They didn't protect me from their athletic athleticism."

 

Why is he even standing there? It's probably a 50/50 chance that the team is either running toward the left side or right side pylon in that situation. I can understand wanting to get the shot, but fuck, it's high school football. Nobody is going to give a shit if you're filming a couple yards ahead or behind the play instead of being directly on the line.

 

How long has it been standard practice for a lead sports anchor in a good-sized market to have to shoot his own video? I know the business ain’t what it used to be but that’s still surprising.

 

That’s how Fred does it for the high school stuff, usually. I never worked for him but he was a mentor to me in many ways on how to do the job. He made some calls for me and his call carried some weight and opened some doors for me.

He still hustles and that counts for something. I just wish he would have hustled out of the shot.