Outrage among judges with cameras at the foot of the grass after the incident with Guadalupe Porras

Bloody image of Guadalupe Porras went around the whole world. Everyone was in fear, but outrage in the Technical Judicial Committee and in the judging team increases due to what they consider to be an abnormal attitude towards what happens to operators, and due to what they consider to be “active” participation, going beyond what is permitted. Guadalupe found herself with her head open and their physical integrity is threatened in a way they do not want to repeat.

CTA has already warned several times to the production of batches that Camera operators enter the fieldexceeding the limits and that something had to happen, well, it already happened, leaving a shocking image. This is not now and not because of what happened in Benito Villamarin, The story came from afar.

The referees do not want to ban development or operators, nor do they want them to be able to bring football closer to the fans, but do want to enforce some rules and codes. The playing field is theoretically sacred, but they can be allowed to enter when they shouldn’t. but let him do this at most through net profit.they learn from the CTA.

How reflected Betis Athletic protocolsIt cannot be said that there was ever any understanding between the judging panel and the cameraman.

The judge reflected this in the protocol.

“In the 13th minute, coinciding with the achievement of the first goal, a television camera was installed in the working area of ​​my assistant number 1, who, in performing his function, was going to move towards the center of the field, as stated in the Laws of the Game: As a result of this action of the camera operator to my assistant he received a strong blow to the head with the said camera, as a result of which a large cut-contusion wound was formed on his face. and also lost knowledge, remaining dumbfounded on earth.

“When the medical services of Real Betis and Athletic quickly learned of the situation, they went to the scene where the operator hit my assistant, who at the same moment fell, bleeding. The assistant then had to transport stadium medical services by ambulance to the hospital, where she is at the time of writing this report, assessing the steps that should be taken by doctors due to the severity of the incident.”

“At the same moment when this happened, I told the operator to leave the area immediately, as they were endangering the physical integrity of the participants (in this case, they hit the assistant, but they were also placed in the players’ work area). Initially, he retired and in During the break I spoke with the directors of La Liga matches.

“Later in the second half, the said operator appeared again in the same place, and one day, when he was looking at assistant No. 1, who in this case, as required by the regulations, became the fourth official, I noticed that the operator had this time disturbed the players and the physical trainers who performed the warm-up.

Following the action protocol defined for these cases, from the 13th minute of the match, the fourth referee (D. Nestor Holgeras Castellanos) positions himself as assistant number 1, once we have ensured that the assistant is properly cared for and is stable. Inside Gravity.”

Transmission Standards

The audiovisual regulations of La Liga state that during a match Up to two Steadicams will be able to operate along the sideline. closest to the axis of the main chamber, as well as along the perimeter of the entire playing field, during the warm-up stage. In case there is one “permanent” camera During a break, the operator can move to the other side.

In addition, La Liga will use “steadycams” for pre- and post-match coverage of the following: warm-up, players entering the playing field and official training, field drawing with captains and referees, entering the playing field after the match. In addition, cameras will be able to follow players as they leave the field, right up to the entrance to the dressing room tunnel.

Cameras on benches should be located at a distance of 5 meters. and it is noted that entry to the playing field must always be from the rear and not from the side.

La Liga apologizes to Guadalupe Porras

League regrets what happened to Guadalupe Porras and directed the audio-visual production to take extreme precautions so as not to interfere with the work of the players and the refereeing panel. Club Employers Association apologized Guadalupe Porras and the CTA in general. The director of the Betis-Athletic match was taken to hospital take a personal interest in your health.

The organization, chaired by Javier Tebas, emphasizes that they have over 600 matches using Steady Cam at the foot of the field, and on this Sunday the first incident occurred. However, they admit that the camera operator did not notice the presence of the lineman and that this caused the accident.