Bears vs. Atlanta is in halftime right now, and the Bears are down. They started REAL strong and whether it was the Cutler picks or the Falcons going to the no huddle, something turned The Beloved around and I'm hoping they get their feet back underneath them for the second half. I'm no expert, so I won't pontificate on what should or shouldn't be done. What I will talk about is how I would improve TV Football Analysis.
It's hard to get good football analysts.
1. They see new teams every week, so the guys discussing the teams can't know the team as well as, for example, the local radio broadcasts. They rarely have the kind of depth or insight that you get from a baseball broadcast, simply because of the nature of their vagabond nature.
2. Football can be so complex, whether it's the schemes or simply because you have to know what 22 positions are doing each play, that it's incredibly difficult to translate easily to the viewer and be everything to everyone.
3. Finally, some people you just don't identify with and for whatever reason, an announcer can really get on your nerves and drive you, the viewer, just absolutely CRAZY for the 3 hours you're watching your team. That makes it real tough to do a good job in a football booth.
So, here's my idea. And I'm sharing this with you, the Interwebs because I'd like to see this be implemented sooner rather than later, and I don't see me cobbling the resources to make this my moneymaker, so you, the world, can have this for free.
THE NFL NEEDS TO START STREAMING ONLINE MULTIPLE BROADCASTING TEAMS FOR EACH GAME, DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE TELEVISION SIGNAL.
1. You stream it, with your player having a built in, customizeable delay to allow each listener to synch with their picture delay.
2. NFL has multiple "extra" commentaries running on every game, for every team. Each team would have a different slant to their coverage. How about a couple of housewives commenting on the game? Professional Comedians being allowed to let go and be funny? High School kids doing a kids centric broadcast? All veteran booth, with all ex Bears/Falcons/Lions/etc? You get my drift here.
3. Training ground for main teams. How many HORRIBLE broadcasters have we seen on major network games? JUST HORRID broadcasters, many times ex players, who get the job because they were a "name" or maybe are very knowledgeable but just don't have the broadcast chops. This way, the NFL can try out dozens of extra "talent" on the Online Streamcasts and they can winnow out who sucks!
That's all the justification I'll put out there for now, I think you all know what the right thing to do here is. Let's get the word out to TPTB and make this happen. Just remember you heard it here first.
MotD: Retro entry today, as I haven't watched one yet: 2/26/09: Tremors
This is one of those that I'd heard was "cult classic" and surprisingly good! Christ it spawned 2 sequels, so someone liked it. I'd count me in that group, it was enjoyable, but ultimately just blah. Small desert town gets invaded by giant worms who track you underground by the sound you make by walking on the ground, or the "Tremors" that travel through the ground. Fun performances, you can see the actors having fun with this. I like the old school special effects, very handmade effects, working perfectly with the setting of the movie. Fun watch, but avoid the sequels.
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Dude, I am hurt, HURT, that you didn't tell this blog was up. Why do you hate me Joe? Why do you hate me?
ReplyDeleteAnd I love it.
ReplyDeleteI heard about mutliple audio tracks from a rugby match in australia I believe. They had the standard for each team and then two drunk guys in the stands got a microphone too, to say whatever they wanted. They didn't have to worry about censorship and hey, it's a free broadcast, so it cost them nothing.
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