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Today it became official that the Cowboys will be featured on HBO's Hard Knocks this summer. I am still not sure how I really feel about this thing. I love the fact that I am going to get some inside info and footage from training camp, but I really hope this isn't too much of a distraction to the team. I have gone back and forth on whether it's a good or bad idea for the last two days and I have a feeling it's going to be that way for a while.
The Star Telegram breaks down the logistics of how the show will be done, read here.
NFL Films will deploy 50 people over 50 days to “Big Brother” every move of the Dallas Cowboys this summer.
Seven robotic cameras with zoom capabilities will be stuck here and there, around the facilities at Oxnard, Calif. At least four film crews will shoot each day.
A total of 30 producers and editors are assigned to the project. (Roughly 200 hours of film result in one hour of on-air production of Hard Knocks. Hollywood’s ratio for making a movie is normally 12-1.)
Here's Jerry and Steve Sabol talking about the show on
Total Access.
You have to love Jerry, you just have to. He drives us all crazy, but the man loves this team so much and he wants to always show everyone how proud he is to be the owner of the Dallas Cowboys.
Will it be too much of a distraction though? It's going to be a distraction, but probably not too much of a distraction. This team is in the headlines every day as it is and these players should be used to being the 'talk of the country' by now.
The only way this really becomes a huge problem is if HBO's crew winds up filming some players being knuckleheads. The DMN asked Ross Greenburg the President of HBO Sports about just such a scenario, read here.
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