TheyCallMePro
11-22-2013, 02:14 PM
I don't know about you guys, but whenever the game's on ESPN I'm always watching on FSSW. And I have several reasons for doing so:
1) ESPN delays their feed considerably, to where it's about 15 seconds behind the FSSW feed. I'm always online and on social media when watching the games, so I'm not going to put my self in a position where I'm 15 seconds behind everyone else. Plus the idea of watching a delayed feed and not knowing what my team just did annoys the heck out of me.
2) ESPN practically mutes the crowd noise. I guess you could argue both ways for this one, but it just seems to me they're taking the atmosphere away from the game. Plus, it's not like you can't hear Eliott and Land in the FSSW broadcast. So this is another big-time negative.
3) I prefer Eliott and Land over the ESPN crew. To me, our guys greatly enhance the entertainment value of the game. ESPN is almost too neutral, and they never get too excited over a play. I'd rather hear Land scream "OH MAMA!" or hear Sean Eliott break down a play than listen to ESPN's crew ramble on about the Spurs 'system' and how great of a coach Pop is all game long.
4) One last thing. ESPN takes more commercial breaks overall than FSSW does. Frequently FSSW will keep you there during a timeout, while ESPN will almost always take a commercial break. So you get to watch 'more' of the game if you stick with FSSW. For me, yet another plus, and a mark against ESPN.
What do you guys think? I know we don't get on ESPN all that often, and that some prefer to watch the game there just for that purpose, but still. Do you honestly enjoy their broadcasts more? If so...why? I think what ESPN needs to do is what TNT does, which is get exclusive rights to carry the game and not let FSSW broadcast the game simultaneously. That way, they can delay the game, mute the crowd, have their boring announcers, AND take as many commercial breaks as they want and there's nothing anyone can do about it. But right now, if the game's on ESPN, I'm watching elsewhere.
1) ESPN delays their feed considerably, to where it's about 15 seconds behind the FSSW feed. I'm always online and on social media when watching the games, so I'm not going to put my self in a position where I'm 15 seconds behind everyone else. Plus the idea of watching a delayed feed and not knowing what my team just did annoys the heck out of me.
2) ESPN practically mutes the crowd noise. I guess you could argue both ways for this one, but it just seems to me they're taking the atmosphere away from the game. Plus, it's not like you can't hear Eliott and Land in the FSSW broadcast. So this is another big-time negative.
3) I prefer Eliott and Land over the ESPN crew. To me, our guys greatly enhance the entertainment value of the game. ESPN is almost too neutral, and they never get too excited over a play. I'd rather hear Land scream "OH MAMA!" or hear Sean Eliott break down a play than listen to ESPN's crew ramble on about the Spurs 'system' and how great of a coach Pop is all game long.
4) One last thing. ESPN takes more commercial breaks overall than FSSW does. Frequently FSSW will keep you there during a timeout, while ESPN will almost always take a commercial break. So you get to watch 'more' of the game if you stick with FSSW. For me, yet another plus, and a mark against ESPN.
What do you guys think? I know we don't get on ESPN all that often, and that some prefer to watch the game there just for that purpose, but still. Do you honestly enjoy their broadcasts more? If so...why? I think what ESPN needs to do is what TNT does, which is get exclusive rights to carry the game and not let FSSW broadcast the game simultaneously. That way, they can delay the game, mute the crowd, have their boring announcers, AND take as many commercial breaks as they want and there's nothing anyone can do about it. But right now, if the game's on ESPN, I'm watching elsewhere.