Bring us the Tactical View option like Sky Sports does

I was talking to a friend of mine in Ireland about the game last night. I said it drives me crazy that we get such a narrowed view watching the game on television. I complained about how they rarely show the plays developing, and we can't see the routes or options the quarterback has to throw to. It's only when the QB throws the ball that we see where it is going.

She said on Sky Sports they have a red button you can choose to get the tactical view when watching our football games. That is a view of the entire field, where you could see everything going on, like a wide angle perspective. I just wish our networks would give us the same option for viewing the games that way if we wanted to here in the U.S.A.

 

What is that? I've never heard of it.

 

Oh, ok. If only our networks could give us that option like Sky Sports UK.

 

No, it is like ESPN over there, but a paid network like the NFL channel, but has lots of sports. Sky picked up some of the NFL games.

 

All I know is my friend says they have that option watching the game on Sky. I guess it's just part of the package. I'll have to find out. But, if they have that view available then we could to, since the games are televised on this end. I guess the networks just have to give us that type of capability like Sky does.

 

Sorry to put out information in error. I was told wrong about the tactical view. My friend tried it tonight and said it looks like it is only available for Monday night English football Premiership league games. I would love to see the NFL networks start offering it though. That would be awesome.

 

I wonder why they don't make that feed as an option on the television, or why other networks don't. On Sky, you just hit the red button on your TV for the different view from what I was told.

 

I know they used that option for Wimbledon, where viewers could watch any court they wanted to live on their TV.