ESPN game production quality

by **DC-Pony** » Sat Nov 13, 2021 6:15 pm

…has really struggled the last couple of games.

First, I’m not referencing that announcers are virtual.

The KNOWLEDGE and pre-game prep has been noticeably weak. Today was highlighted by repeated reference to EliZA Chatman. Really? Do you really think the male football player’s name is Eliza? And if you’re not certain, take a glance down at the roster. It will show you it’s actually Elijah.

The camera work is all over the place with regularity, missing parts of the live play. Not being able to track the ball.

The footage and camera queues include cutting to recordings of the band pre-game rather than showing the touchdown replay that the announcers are trying to talk about.

Mind you, these are just some of the examples…from one game.

If ESPN’s rebuttal is that SMU’s play the last few games has also been up and down…that’s fair. Or that the fans aren’t showing up to the games ESPN is taking the time to broadcast…also fair.

by **CBpony** » Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:38 pm

I wonder what happened to the ESPN+ crew that called the first couple of games? I thought they were awesome and were doing a really good job, both play by play and analysis.