UK okays experimental use of camera

Those attending Saturday’s Kentucky-Vanderbilt game will see a new sight: a “jib” camera.
ESPN asked UK for permission to use the camera, which sets on the end of a long giraffe-neck like extension from a three-wheel platform. ESPN wants to use it to pan the crowd.
Russ Pear, UK’s Associate Athletic Director for Operations and Facilities, said the school had two concerns: that the camera not block anyone’s view of the game and that it be wheeled out of the way when not in use.
So ESPN agreed not to use the camera during game action. It will be used before the game, during timeouts and at halftime, Pear said.
The jib camera will come out of the corner tunnel across the end line from the Vanderbilt bench.
If there are no problems, UK will allow ESPN to use the camera in future telecasts from Rupp Arena, Pear said.