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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 370339" data-attributes="member: 9240">I'm sure many of you saw the play that injured an Oklahoma player, and destroyed a Canon 400mm f2.8, last weekend (if not, it's in the attached).&nbsp; Well, in the typical over-reaction we've come to expect to single incidents in this country, sports photographers will no longer be able to bring monopods onto the field at OU football games.&nbsp; Not only that, but all equipment must be attached to them at all times - no placing a camera on the ground, etc.&nbsp; <a href="http://petapixel.com/2014/10/23/football-player-lens-crushing-incident-leads-new-rules-photographers-covering-ou-games/" target="_blank">Monopods No Longer Allowed at OU Football Games Because of Lens Crushing Incident</a>I've watched as experienced photographers deftly handle 2 or 3 cameras over the course of a play, with one being on a MP, and I suspect that if this was really an issue then you'd have seem far more of this in the past.&nbsp; If nothing else, perhaps sideline personnel need to do a better job of pulling some folks back and preserving press access somewhere other than 3 feet from the sideline, which I suspect had far more to do with this.&nbsp; Hopefully they see the error of their ways and reverse the decision before other schools follow suit.&nbsp; But hey, this is America, and that's not likely to happen before the conference and the NCAA call for similar rules everywhere.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 370339, member: 9240"] I'm sure many of you saw the play that injured an Oklahoma player, and destroyed a Canon 400mm f2.8, last weekend (if not, it's in the attached). Well, in the typical over-reaction we've come to expect to single incidents in this country, sports photographers will no longer be able to bring monopods onto the field at OU football games. Not only that, but [I]all[/I] equipment must be attached to them at all times - no placing a camera on the ground, etc. [url=http://petapixel.com/2014/10/23/football-player-lens-crushing-incident-leads-new-rules-photographers-covering-ou-games/]Monopods No Longer Allowed at OU Football Games Because of Lens Crushing Incident[/url] I've watched as experienced photographers deftly handle 2 or 3 cameras over the course of a play, with one being on a MP, and I suspect that if this was really an issue then you'd have seem far more of this in the past. If nothing else, perhaps sideline personnel need to do a better job of pulling some folks back and preserving press access somewhere other than 3 feet from the sideline, which I suspect had [I]far[/I] more to do with this. Hopefully they see the error of their ways and reverse the decision before other schools follow suit. But hey, this is America, and that's not likely to happen before the conference and the NCAA call for similar rules everywhere. [/QUOTE]

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