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Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe each regional/event has videographers brought in and they do not work directly for FIRST. The guys shooting really have no idea as to what people want on the screen (other than what is told to them prior to the event) so they go for what they perceive as the most action. Match after match they see robots shooting and they get bored with that so they film other things. It is extremely difficult to do robot video for two days and not lose interest. I do the video at the Indiana Robotics Invitational and it proves to be a challenge not to fall asleep after all the repetitiveness of the same type of matches over and over. I, however, know that people want to see robots, not people, so that is what we film at IRI. Those guys on the video crews work hard for 3 days plus setup/tear down. It's much harder than one would think. Just my .02 cents on the matter.

Edit: I'm not by any means trying to attack anyone or their comments. I agree that 20 seconds of human players throwing balls isn't quite what we at home are interested in watching when teams are scoring big time. I was just pointing out a view from the guys who do the shooting and defending them a bit for not always having the ideal shots when we want them.