Last week I mentioned 'curated fan noise for televised sports' was something for which I'm not thankful. It's really more than that. I hate it.
This curated fan noise has been around for a long time. Fox Sports is the biggest purveyor of it, and they have the volume turned way up. For years, if you watch their NFL broadcasts, you can barely hear the announcers over the fake fan noise. And if you listen closely, you can make out the same noises in sort of a rotation. It's embarrassing, and just another reason to hit the mute button.
This Fall, because there are few if any fans allowed at football games, TV networks decided to add this fake fan noise to a new level, adding it to (almost) all broadcasts. The NFL went so far as to say the fan noise was recorded from actual fans of the teams playing.
For me, this is insulting to watch / listen to. I don't need fake fan noise to help me watch a game. Who does? I'd rather watch the game with the actual noise, even it there isn't any. Actually, I'd rather watch a bunch of games at once with no audio at all, like it is at gambling sports books.
I get the idea of trying to give the at-home viewer the experience of being at the game. But if the games are silent during the COVID-19 pandemic, then give me the real deal quiet.
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