Get distracting drones away from the Olympics

New Hyde Park, L.I.: I joyfully watch winter athletes speeding along on their sleds, skis and snowboards for about two weeks every four years. It appears that during the last few, broadcasters figured out that they can get a few slightly better angles using camera drones to follow the athletes.

Now, rather than hearing the natural sounds of skis and snowboards slicing the ice, a luge or bobsled rumbling through the track, or a ski-jumper and aerialist flying through the air to the “oohs” and “ahhs” of the crowd and announcers, these outdoor spectacles are blighted by an annoying buzz that resembles a plague of locusts. The significance of quality sound to sporting events has been lost on NBC, but it’s just as important as a clear screen in terms of the immersive experience.

Drones create a vulgar sound. They can spoil the experience of those at their local park who have to hear them for too long. They surely annoy the visually impaired who tune in to the Olympics to listen out of national interest, and it’s a sound that will make a select number — namely, those who’ve been fighting for freedom in Ukraine, where drones have been put to their most serious use — think of approaching death.

Their ubiquitous presence should be taken out of broadcast coverage of the Olympics. The camera angles were sufficient without them. Sean Roman Strockyj

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