Announcing the game remotely
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I'll always prefer to have the announcers courtside for basketball. I like the occasional player diving at them to get a loose ball. I like the camera shots of the announcers with crazy fans in the background. I like hearing announcers have to raise their voice so they can hear themselves over the fans.
I guess a good announcer can still overcome broadcasting remotely, but the personal feel and fan interaction are some of the things I love about college basketball.
Question to anyone: Are NFL games called from announcers in a press box or in a studio? I'd imagine a good portion (or all) of the NFL games are announced by looking at monitors versus looking directly at the field, right?
I'm not trying to compare the two sports because of the non-stop action in basketball requires a different skillset. Just curious.
I guess a good announcer can still overcome broadcasting remotely, but the personal feel and fan interaction are some of the things I love about college basketball.
Question to anyone: Are NFL games called from announcers in a press box or in a studio? I'd imagine a good portion (or all) of the NFL games are announced by looking at monitors versus looking directly at the field, right?
I'm not trying to compare the two sports because of the non-stop action in basketball requires a different skillset. Just curious.
It is more than just travel costs. Remote means a person could announce 2 or 3 games in a day. And as it likely a salaried position, the cost savings might be huge (reducing number of announcers hired). And the announcer may be much happier, spending morning at kids soccer game vs hotel in Des Moines.
As noted earlier, I think having announcers sit remotely can impact the things they normally would see that aren't on the tv broadcast. Then again, I have noticed a number of times in games (football and basketball) where the announcers don't even try to use the clues that are right in front of them, especially from the officials.
Examples: In basketball, a ref holds up a closed fist for a foul, open hand for a violation (thanks Blum for working on educating the masses) but often announcers seem like they have no idea what is going to be called. In football, lots of time the announcers just guess where the player was down at and pay no attention to the sideline official has marked the spot.
Examples: In basketball, a ref holds up a closed fist for a foul, open hand for a violation (thanks Blum for working on educating the masses) but often announcers seem like they have no idea what is going to be called. In football, lots of time the announcers just guess where the player was down at and pay no attention to the sideline official has marked the spot.
Don't tell that to 14 year old Farnsy who just got his first job!
touche, point withdrawn.
I rarely go through the drive thru but whenever I do and get one of these remote orders it always goes like
Speaker: Hi, Welcome to McDonalds, Would you like to try a xxxxxx today? Go ahead and order.
Me: I would like blah blah blah
Speaker: Local voice comes on - Huh? Could you repeat that?
Interesting discussion ... I have taken to watching almost all sporting events with the sound off ... as many have said, I don't need announcers telling me what I can see ... would anyone else be in favor of no announcers and just crowd and arena noise (live audio) in their place? (Apparently MLB tried a no-announcer game once)
It all depends on which hotel. Is the Casa Bella still there?
About 20 years ago they did a few NFL games like this. They still had frequent pop up boxes with information which was probably better than hearing it from some bozo in the booth. It generally got panned, but I thought it was great.
I just wish we could go back to the days where the tv wasn't on a delay so it would sync up with the radio and I could just listen to John and Eric. Freakin' FCC.
That is still local. It is just an automatic recording that plays when you trigger the sensor. I always hated when they had it on when I worked there.
A good announcer sitting court-side can bring so much more depth to the broadcast. Most of the time, we have bad announcers sitting remotely, which really takes away from it. Things like what the fans are doing, atmosphere, the fact that they keep slipping on a spot on the floor and during the TO the floor boys got it cleaned up, the coach really gave the ref/team an earful during a timeout, what the players are saying to each other, etc etc.
What are they going to do about it, even if we don't like it? I am still going to watch, so they really don't have a ton of skin in the game to put the best product out there with contracts already in place. Even after contracts go out - is the conference really going to sign a contract with NBC Sports or Fox for basketball? I highly doubt it.
What are they going to do about it, even if we don't like it? I am still going to watch, so they really don't have a ton of skin in the game to put the best product out there with contracts already in place. Even after contracts go out - is the conference really going to sign a contract with NBC Sports or Fox for basketball? I highly doubt it.
I don't think those early games are nearly as bad as you are making them out to be. For me, I find that I generally tune out the audio during the action. What I use the audio for is getting details during stoppages on things that happened during the action, or things going on that I can't see on the screen. Radio guys are good at that.
If an audio option for a broadcast comes down to using radio guys in the venue vs. someone in a remote studio calling the game, I'll take the radio guys in the venue. Having someone outside the venue calling the game pretty much adds nothing...at least the way it is done now.
As far as I know the NFL only did the Jets-Dolphins game in 1980 without announcers so it was a lot more than 20 years ago and it sucked. It might be better today because you could get a lot more information on the screen but I still don't think it would work very well. I think announcers add a lot to the game although I would prefer them to be there and not at a remote site. Sure they sometimes say stupid and/or obvious stuff but I can just filter that out as background noise.
I would love an option to turn off the announcers and just have arena sound. Baseball games in particular would be awesome. Turn on the projector, grill, crank the sound and open the window and you're basically there.