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Contrarian American who watches a lot of sports European football, Australian football league, cricket, rugby, horse racing, golf
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We dont have any commercials during afl games in America during the game, after goals. Only between the quarters. Sad that we get a better version of the broadcast than the locals.
And most of the cricket I’ve watched has one commercial after each over but its obvious the broadcast doesn’t have commercials after every over, just espn+ or willow adding them in
How should the A-Leagues screen ads during free-to-air broadcasts?
I totally agree. Broadcasters here in America dont like soccer, rugby, cricket, afl, or any sport that cant have tv commercials ever 5 to 10 minutes
How should the A-Leagues screen ads during free-to-air broadcasts?
I remember commenting on several sports sites a few years ago, after I saw var used for the first time in Italy, taking 7 minutes for a simple call, that var would be used to add commercial breaks and that’s why it was being pushed so hard.
I don’t watch sports with commercials anymore. I quit watching all north American sports because the commercial breaks ruined the broadcasts. Sounds like the aussie broadcasters have picked up all the Americans worst habits.
Here in America, we dont get commercials during the quarters of AFL games, only between the quarters. That’s what got me hooked on afl and made NFL broadcasts unwatchable commercial fests.
When the American broadcasters stick commercials in the middle of play in soccer games here, I’ll quit watching.
Just too many commercials and I don’t watch them anymore.
Live sports events should not be delayed waiting for tv commercial breaks to end. The greed has just gotten out of hand and I’m over it.
How should the A-Leagues screen ads during free-to-air broadcasts?
They should just change the current name slightly to Washington Team Football, and their new logo can be WTF. Fits the team and the town
'Admirals', 'Presidents', 'Armada'? Will the Washington Football Team's new name be any good?
As a new fan of cricket, (in the usa) watching since February, I agree with the spirit of this commentary. A lot of comments seem to be focusing on very specific points. I started watching ODIs, didn’t get into t20 much, and suffered through a few bad west Indies test matches, got the cricket channel, and finally there was the eng/India test. Ok, now I can get into test cricket, work schedule even lined up properly…
And then the last match is canceled so the Indian players can get back to the IPL. And then NZ cancels a tour, and then England cancels a tour. This isn’t making me more of a cricket fan…
And I just read on the BBC that your dict, I mean PM, says English cricket families get no special treatment for the ashes. So with everything else going on in Australia right now, I wouldn’t expect the ashes to be a regular series this year either.
Big picture, cricket hasn’t looked good this month to a new fan.
England's error in judgement should be Cricket Australia's wake-up call
This same blooper happened here in America on ESPN sports center at least 25 years ago. Charlie Steiner said it. Him and the other guy couldn’t stop laughing, tears in their eyes. And back then, sports center was on repeat all morning so we watched it at work at the sporting goods store probably 5 times. Great memories
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After 6 months of watching cricket, I still wasn’t much of a fan of test cricket. I think it was because all the tests I had seen so far were one-sided blowouts. This test was entertaining and its disappointing to not get a result.
So, is there a rule or law that every cricket broadcaster must show every ball bowled from the exact same camera angle, or just tradition, or a coincidence? The broadcasters will show the ground from a dozen different angles but always cut back to the same camera right before every delivery. Might be interesting to see the delivery without cutting away from the stumps camera, or the side of the wicket. Just curious
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Problem with the headline, de Kock is South African, not Australian
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For this author apparently it’s all about harping on the privilege of men.
Seriously, if I wanted to read this kind of authoritarian crap I’d just go to ESPN or some other leftwing American site.
I would strongly suggest that all of you that are so upset about this do some research OUTSIDE of your covid fear mongering echo chamber. There’s a whole lot of actual scientific evidence out there about masks, “social” distancing, and lockdowns. Do some actual research and find a few NEW sources of information. Open your minds for a bit and stop being so damned righteous and authoritarian.
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Thanks for the advice. I appreciate the reply. It’s hard to watch being in the USA and not that much cricket is television. And its near impossible to find anyone local to talk about cricket with.
One thing for sure, the ODI super50 tournament I watched had really good announcers. I looked a lot of them up on YouTube. Sir Curtly Ambrose and Darren Ganga especially. DG was mentioning the importance of test cricket throughout the tournament.
Neat that west indies cricket has such a great history close by. I’m fine rooting for the windies and not having a us team.
Thanks for the dialogue, I appreciate the knowledge
T20 hasn’t killed Test cricket – it’s proven why Tests are the pinnacle of the sport
I’m a curious person, so I enjoy watching different and new sports that aren’t widely broadcast in the usa. I consume a lot of sports – 4 TVs in my living room so no changing channels – and the changing pitch and nature of the strip between the wickets might be one of the harder things to understand or get used to.
The first day I’m like, “so the goal is to kill the grass in the middle of the pitch and then play there?” Lol
T20 hasn’t killed Test cricket – it’s proven why Tests are the pinnacle of the sport
Being an ignorant American who just started watching cricket 3 months ago, I prefer the ODI format.
T20 is, like someone else said, fast food. A sugar high. I feel like the games end way too quick and are made for tv executives.
Test cricket, so far, was a little boring for me. Lots of dots, lots of maidens, few if any 6s, and after 5 days, no winner. I do appreciate the strategy of declaring and timing that right.
But the one day 50 over format seems best to me. You get everything without feeling so rushed like T20, but still a little feel of the gentleman’s game from test cricket.
The first cricket I got to watch was the west indies odi tournament, so much opinion is biased by what I saw first.
T20 hasn’t killed Test cricket – it’s proven why Tests are the pinnacle of the sport
VAR is ruining the game, and mark my words, VAR will lead to commercials DURING football matches. It wont be long before the VAR review will be brought to you by Lexus, or Toyota, or whoever, and every offside VAR review involves a 60 second commercial break.
The reason soccer cricket and rugby aren’t popular with American tv exec’s is the lack of commercials. American sports entirely revolve around the commercials and it should be the other way around. Attend any American professional sport and you’ll be shocked at how often the players are standing around, waiting for the commercials to end to resume play.
VAR will lead to commercials during football and it should be killed off now before it’s too late
VAR: Football fans have created a monster
I scrolled down looking for this comment before I posted.
As a neutral, I was also wondering if England’s new aggressive style had an effect on the way the Aussies were batting, or attempting to.
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