Manchester United and other Premier League clubs can expect to have their training sessions broadcast this season.
There has recently been a flurry of changes introduced on how English football is to be shown to the public with much greater access granted behind the scenes.
It was announced last week that the coverage of English football will become even deeper as “live Premier League games will feature touchline interviews with substituted players for the first time next season.”
What’s more, camera operators will also be allowed to briefly step onto the pitch to capture close-up footage of goal celebrations.
TV cameras will also be able to enter dressing rooms during matches and the changes don’t stop there.
The Daily Mail report that “Premier League training sessions – with managers and players miked up and wearing cameras – are set to be broadcast this season.”
It is understood that “clubs have agreed to throw open their practice facility doors at least once per campaign, with film crews capturing previously unseen footage from behind-the-scenes.”
At the moment, broadcasters can access a club’s training ground once a month but they can only film footage to be used in reports.
Nonetheless, under an amendment to Section K of the Premier League rules, “each club must now grant the League’s production partner access to film a 30-minute ‘Enhanced Training Session’, with at least one player, plus the manager or a coach, wired up for audio.”
Clubs will have to submit a list of five recent starters for the league to choose from and the players could even wear a body cam if they agree to it.
Teams can shoot the footage themselves but it must meet the requirement of the League’s production brief.
The report adds that, “twenty-four hours will be given for them to approve the final edit. The sessions can also double up with clubs’ existing obligations for behind-the-scenes content – which may well come as music to the ears of media teams already juggling a mountain of PR duties.”
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