When Lincoln Park's football team hit the field for a passing camp Tuesday, MTV cameras and a production crew came, too.
Disclaimers were posted on the fence surrounding the practice field, (Fujifilm FINEPIX F10 Charger) entitled “Cablecast Language: ‘Wait Til Next Year’” with the notice that those entering the field “may be videotaped or recorded” for a New Remote Productions Inc. program.
Production workers said there was no official name for the project, but the crew spent the rest of the week in town, according to MTV vice president of production and MTV series development Julie Schwachenwald.
A few months ago, word leaked that MTV was considering Lincoln Park, along with two other schools, for a new reality series similiar to the former “Two-A-Days,” which was based on a powerful Alabama program, Hoover High School.(Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W35 Charger)
This time, a different show would focus on a rebuilding, downtrodden team.
Lincoln Park has lost 43 straight games — a streak that stretches nearly five years.
Lincoln Park superintendant Richard Rockwell confirmed that the school had been chosen recently, but said a pilot was the only thing confirmed for the show.(Canon NB-5L battery)
Official word from MTV this week backed up Rockwell’s statement.
“The show is just a pilot at this point,” MTV Senior Vice President of Communications Alison Rou said in an email.
The Railsplitters are attempting to turn around their fortunes with former Coach Jim Kalbfleisch, who led the team to its only playoff win and its last winning season.
Kalbfleisch most recently helped his son, Dan, turn once lowly Huron into a playoff team last fall.(Fujifilm NP-70 Charger)
On Tuesday, while camera crews and sound technicians swarmed the Railsplitters' huddle, a practice took place between Huron and Lincoln Park.
Coaches, players and parents on the field did not comment on the program or the session, citing agreements they’d signed with producers. (Sony NP-FH50 Battery) One Lincoln Park parent said “pretty much everyone signed something.”
“I’m under orders not to talk,” Lincoln Park Coach Jim Kalbfleisch added.
Eight Lincoln Park players wore microphones during the practice, which featured only non-contact passing drills.
After getting the okay to talk from the crew, Rails' sophomore Dakota Luna said the cameras didn't make him nervous.
"It's a good experience," he said.(Sony DCR-DVD201 Charger) "I'm always myself for everything. It doesn't matter if they tell me to do this or that, I'll be myself.”
"This camera stuff with them being here doesn't change anything. I think we're going to make the playoffs this year."
As with the football players, a small group of cheerleaders also had a camera and sound technician filming them on the sideline with at least one of them wearing a microphone and Nikon COOLPIX S220 Charger battery pack.
The player drills went on as usual, but production people were sprinkled around the field.
Huron’s Jordan Frayer said the cameras weren’t much of a distraction.
“It was different,” he said. “(Coach) Kalbfleisch said they would be in the way a bit, but you just have to play like they’re not there.”
At one point a player made a catch inches from a cameraman, who held his ground before smiling with relief.
At the end of the practice, as Kalbfliesch approached the team huddle for some final words, he was told to come back in a little bit.
“Sorry coach, we need to change a Canon EOS 350D Charger battery,” a cameraman said sheepishly. “Just give us five minutes.”
Tuesday’s was the third of six passing camps. Detroit Cass Tech comes to town in two weeks.
Kalbfleisch, said the team has shown improvement from the first camp.
“We’re making progress,” he said. “We still have a long way to go.”
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