05/08/24
April 25, 2010
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Format-wise, the draft broadcast is ESPN's horse trough. 15 seconds of news at a podium every six minutes, surrounded by nothing but ads and overworked discussion by Five Headless Hoarsemen at a broadcast desk. Anchored by Berman's belly ladling of diesel dregs.
It's nothing more than toggle content that viewers can bounce back to occasionally for updates. Or shrink to a mini-window on their main viewing screen. Anyone who considers the draft show to be real competition must not have much confidence in the quality of their own broadcast product.
posted by beaverboard at 01:07 PM on April 25, 2010
I was going to say something about the NFL draft, but beaverboard pretty much nailed it on the head.
posted by grum@work at 02:04 PM on April 25, 2010
It's nothing more than toggle content that viewers can bounce back to occasionally for updates.
I'd say the same thing about NBA playoff games...
posted by MeatSaber at 03:35 PM on April 25, 2010
Some amazing stats from last week's Barca versus Inter match.
posted by owlhouse at 05:48 PM on April 25, 2010
Mark Cuban is unhappy that the NFL Draft competes with primetime NBA playoff games. "I just don't think the NFL is playing themselves out to be a good partner," he said.
This seems ridiculous to me. The NBA playoffs consist of up to 105 games. The NFL Draft took place during first-round matchups. Should the rest of the American sports world defer to the NBA for every evening over an entire month?