Glen Davis' announcing wasn't good. But the color from Shep was so bad during the ARG-CIV game that Tim flipped us over to Univision. If they weren't talking about the game at least we didn't know. Also, as Tim noted, we had "a better seat" from there since the screen was not as cluttered as on ESPN.
Tim says that Disney (ABC/ESPN) announcing of NBA games is equally horrible and so maybe soccer lovers shouldn't feel singled out.
I got the MLStv package so I could stream Houston Dynamo games to my computer. It's like the DirectKick package with lousier resolution and a whole lot cheaper. Anyway, the broadcasts come from randomly partisan announcers. The ones for the LA Galaxy are pretty bad, the New England Revolution quite decent, and Colorado Rapids leaning just to good of center. Announcers really do affect the viewing experience.
I wonder how much advertising revenue Disney would lose if basketball games were also available on Spanish stations?
Posted to Movies and TV at June 10, 2006 10:37 PMI am so glad someone finally wrote on this. I actually took the time to figure out who the commentator was that made me want to pull my hair out and search for a post on the internet. I also switched over to the Spanish channel so that I didn't have to be bombarded by his moronic comments. I don't want to hear how Argentina has a "team full of point gaurds" or how scoring goal is "exactly what they wanted to do." No kidding Shep, isn't that the point of the game. I understand that soccer is not the most popular sport in America, but announcers like this aren't going to help. ESPN will either get rid of him or lose viewers.
Posted by: Nate at June 16, 2006 9:06 AM