Best Sound for Live Production, Broadcasting Football
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https://streamsemester.com/articles/sound-for-live-production-football/
The parabolic microphones will capture the quarterback signals, player collisions, the football being kicked, etc. It is becoming quite common for a lineman to have a microphone imbedded in his pads to help capture the quarter back signals. You can often hear the microphone being turned off just after the ball is hiked.