However TV coverage is becoming more pervasive - sometimes with only one or two cameras at the lower levels. There is also a lot of skill and technology involved in the camera work - moving cameras along the touch line, overhead cameras, close-ups at the right time etc. It is a very skilled task for a cameraman to follow the action accurately.
However I don't think it would be beyond the ability of Fifa to draft a regulation as to require the availability of footage from every TV camera at the ground - they're all linked to one editing suite in any case - and usually all belong to one sports/news organisation/channel. notes from no w here
Don't forget that soccer is played at all levels and age groups and it would only be viable to have "official" cameras at the top level.
I've only occasionally had a neutral referee, and I played at a decent level as a keeper or -indeed- left-footed striker. It's clear that the FIFA argument is spurious. Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
