He took it like a champ, though.

One Big Ten cameraman was left in what we imagine was excruciating pain after an Iowa player kicked him in the balls on Saturday.

The cameraman in question was stationed behind one of the baskets and was just doing his job when Hawkeyes guard Taylor Stremlow fell into him. Her right foot found itself in the last place any man would want to get struck.

Stremlow took a second to make sure the cameraman was okay, and he would motion that it was all good. He was clearly lying…

“The camera guy in the @IowaWBB game received an accidental kick to a rather sensitive area by @StremlowTaylor …she checked on him and he played it off but homie was in some pain after! That courtside camera spot should come with some hazard pay! 😂😂,” An X user captioned her recording of the incident.

Social Media Felt It For The Cameraman After His Unfortunate Big Ten Incident

Taylor Stremlow driving against Michigan defenders (Photo via Imagn Images)

Fans sympathized with the unfortunate cameraman after seeing the brutal hit.

“Oh geez got him good. He wanted to put that camera down really bad but he didn’t. Pros pro,” one wrote.

“That was like a precision-targetted attack – couldn’t have hit it better if you were a teenage boy playing with your mates,” said another.

“Somebody check on this camera guy. That may be career ending,” Barstool Sports claimed when they reshared the clip.

“He gave her the “I’m ok” hand wave,” a user observed.

“😭😭😭😭 feeling the pain from screen 😭😂,” someone else claimed.

Kudos to him for focusing on the job at hand, but everyone would have understood it if he had doubled over.

Stremlow, meanwhile, scored 11 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the 59-42 win over Michigan.