Tricks of the Trade
“Hey Miss Doesn’t-Find-Me-Attractive-Sexually-Anymore, I just tripled my productivity.” - Homer Simpson
Today’s post is going to be the first of three in a series about the way our television networks broadcast sports. At one point I had tried to cram everything into a single post but it just wasn’t working in anything that resembled a readable length. Then I remembered that I’m writing on the internet with no word cap and no editor so I can do whatever I want. I swear I am not just being lazy by splitting one post into three.
The first, published above, is about how we went from having to wait until a commercial for a score update to advertisements during play. The second, which will hopefully be posted Sunday, is specifically about ESPN, the good, the bad, and the ugly. The final post is a few ideas about where we go from here, including some things that we, the humble sports fans and viewers, can do to push things in a smarter direction.
At the kind invitation of Dan Lewis from www.armchairgm.com I will be cross publishing these over there as well. (He said they didn’t mind me doing that.)
