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ESPN vs FOX Soccer coverage
Posted on 6/11/16 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 6/11/16 at 10:29 pm
I hate to say anything really nice about ESPN in general however they are light years ahead of FOX in their broadcasts of soccer. The Euro/Copa America contrasted with one another this year really highlight this fact.
I just hope this style of coverage isnt what FOX has in mind for the 2018 WC.
I just hope this style of coverage isnt what FOX has in mind for the 2018 WC.
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Posted on 6/11/16 at 10:50 pm to kilo
NBC's soccer coverage has also been 100000000000000x better than FOX.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 10:54 pm to kilo
If you aren't watching univision you are supporting that shite.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 11:05 pm to kilo
I hope some Russian ultras beat the shite out of Rob Stone in 2018.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 11:21 pm to Mr Personality
Fox Sports soccer coverage has been borderline disrespectful in my opinion with their 'facts' about countries in Copa America. Rob Stone has been garbage and Alexi gonna Alexi. ESPN and any foreign coverage is far better.
John Brooks is my hero.
John Brooks is my hero.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 9:12 am to keeper007
FOX production quality has been a dumpster fire so far. Is it that hard to have a player card with a picture/club/age/hometown? It's a disservice to everyone to not teach people about the players. No picture for sideline reporter- just a NAME and a Twitter handle.
Not to mention the camera cuts. We have huge controversy with the ref clearly going on and they keep it zoomed in on a player away from the action. It's like they only have 4 or 5 different camera shots. That number needs to double by WC. The announcers sound seem to .5 behind video. COVERAGE has been complete crap and the announcing adds nothing to the broadcast
DRIVEMAN OUT
Not to mention the camera cuts. We have huge controversy with the ref clearly going on and they keep it zoomed in on a player away from the action. It's like they only have 4 or 5 different camera shots. That number needs to double by WC. The announcers sound seem to .5 behind video. COVERAGE has been complete crap and the announcing adds nothing to the broadcast
DRIVEMAN OUT
Posted on 6/12/16 at 9:13 am to death valley driver
I don't think they're even sending their broadcasting crews to the games. Doesn't seem like it if they are.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 9:56 am to hendersonshands
Where is tommy smith and his teleportation skillz when you need them?
Posted on 6/12/16 at 10:06 am to hendersonshands
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I don't think they're even sending their broadcasting crews
That would fall in line with how FS1 does weeknight college football games.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 10:17 am to tom
The only sport that Fox covers better than ESPN is the NFL. Fox's overall sports coverage is truly horrendous.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 2:50 pm to Bench McElroy
Lalas and Stu have been the only good things about Fox's coverage. Landy actually showed some personality last night, hoping he keeps that up.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 3:01 pm to kilo
I have some issues with how Fox handles which channel they put games on in general with their soccer coverage. Wish their streaming service was better, but I also think people are a little harsh about it all. I think they were just trying to get their feet wet and get a lay of the land. I heard they caught a decent amount of interest for their Bundesliga matches, so hopefully next year they find a way to put more games on television.
ESPN soccer match and tournament coverage is far, far superior to their ESPN FC horseshite and that website.
ESPN soccer match and tournament coverage is far, far superior to their ESPN FC horseshite and that website.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 3:04 pm to Tweezy
Amy Wambach has been pretty terrible on ESPN.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 3:21 pm to death valley driver
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Not to mention the camera cuts
this is a much bigger issue than the tv personalities to me.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 3:46 pm to kilo
She's as stupid as she looks, which is saying something.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 3:59 pm to kilo
I've been saying this for years.
So glad NBC took the reigns on the premier league.
So glad NBC took the reigns on the premier league.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 4:03 pm to McGregor
Fox has no control of the camera cuts. They do not do the filming or cutting. Every network gets access to the same feed, done by the tournament organizers. All Fox does is their own graphics.
Edit: That being said ESPN and NBC soccer coverage is still light years ahead.
Edit: That being said ESPN and NBC soccer coverage is still light years ahead.
This post was edited on 6/12/16 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 6/12/16 at 4:03 pm to Tweezy
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but I also think people are a little harsh about it all.
Fox has been showing soccer for well over 15 years now.
Their shite has always sucked and it was okay because the other option was watching a shitty stream in Arabic or Russian.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 4:05 pm to TigerTalker142
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Fox has no control of the camera cuts. They do not do the filming or cutting. Every network gets access to the same feed, done by the tournament organizers. All Fox does is their own graphics.
But why does the picture look much shittier? I get the whole everybody uses the same feed, but it doesn't look that way.
Posted on 6/12/16 at 4:51 pm to dgnx6
It looks to me like the same picture quality you always get from fox. I'm not sure that it's actually worse then ESPN or NBC or anything. I agree that it feels worse, but I'm not sure if it's just I really prefer the graphics packages/scoreboard formatting so much more then I do foxes or it's actually worse picture quality.
If you watched a stream of Copa and the Euros side by side with no scoreboard graphics or anything. I don't know that you would see much difference picture quality wise.
If you watched a stream of Copa and the Euros side by side with no scoreboard graphics or anything. I don't know that you would see much difference picture quality wise.
This post was edited on 6/12/16 at 4:52 pm
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