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Here’s why you don’t fly a drone over soccer games

Whoosh.

 

Michelle Jaworski

Internet Culture

Posted on Oct 28, 2015   Updated on May 27, 2021, 5:57 pm CDT

A drone is no match for a soccer ball.

While more and more sporting events are banning the use of drones, in the case of smaller games and practices, one tends to fly at one’s own risk. And it’s usually all in good fun, yielding some incredible footage—until someone’s well-timed kick causes it to crash-land (ideally not on a person).

The drone never had a chance.

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*First Published: Oct 28, 2015, 10:56 am CDT