Steve Sabol: How to Film Your Kids Games

Okay, this isn’t a Patriots related post so forgive me. But one of the things that really drew me to the NFL as a kid were the highlight reels they would play on Inside the NFL every week. Everything seemed so epic. I don’t think Steve Sabol gets enough credit for making the NFL what it is today.

It was those highlight films that led me to teach myself how to edit on my parents home video recorder. The first highlight film I ever made was of my freshman football team, set to Bust a Move and of course Eye of the Tiger. I need to dig those up at some point. The fact that I know work in television is probably very much a result of watching those NFL Films.

I thought this article was pretty funny, and if only my Dad had these tips way back when the 1991 Holliston Panther Freshman Football Highlight package would’ve been even better.