NBA finals

I don't watch sports very often, just playoffs of what ever sport is in season. I used to follow almost all the sports and keep up on all the players so I always find myself saying, "he is playing for this team now? When did that happen?"
So watching the NBA Finals this week I recall how much fun it is shooting sports games. I haven't had the chance to do it very often but I always enjoyed it. When I worked on an ESPN production of a college football game (once in the truck keeping up the score ticker and once on the field holding cable) I noticed the camera operators basically live like rock stars. They have to travel the country shooting new sporting events every night. They always need to be on the top of their game, I imagine you get yelled at if you missed the angle on that fumble. They always get the newest cool toys to play with,( I think football is what really sold all those HDTVs not THE DARK KNIGHT movie they are always playing in circuit cityRIP).
I really don't know how you land that job but I would love to shoot professional sports. I'm sure it doesn't pay as well as playing professional sports, but it has be to just as stressful, live TV is no joke