Post by pjohns1873 on Dec 7, 2013 6:40:30 GMT
Seriously.
Whenever I watch college basketball on TV, the game features at least two color commentators--in fact, one game I watched, just the other night, boasted of three "commentators," according to the graphic at the beginning of the game--but there is a depressing paucity of play-by-play announcing.
Even when nothing of special note is occurring, this is not really good. Serious in-depth analysis--the various players' strong points and weak points, and their respective histories--makes for good pre-game and post-game commentary; but such matters are best suited to a calm and dispassionate demeanor--whereas the game itself is conducive to passions that are simply incompatible with detached analysis.
Moreover, these commentators often disregard what is actually happening, and leave it to the viewer to try to decipher just what has occurred. (Was it a charge? Or a traveling violation? Or...well, what?)
Has anyone else noticed this shift away from actual play-by-play announcing in recent times?
Whenever I watch college basketball on TV, the game features at least two color commentators--in fact, one game I watched, just the other night, boasted of three "commentators," according to the graphic at the beginning of the game--but there is a depressing paucity of play-by-play announcing.
Even when nothing of special note is occurring, this is not really good. Serious in-depth analysis--the various players' strong points and weak points, and their respective histories--makes for good pre-game and post-game commentary; but such matters are best suited to a calm and dispassionate demeanor--whereas the game itself is conducive to passions that are simply incompatible with detached analysis.
Moreover, these commentators often disregard what is actually happening, and leave it to the viewer to try to decipher just what has occurred. (Was it a charge? Or a traveling violation? Or...well, what?)
Has anyone else noticed this shift away from actual play-by-play announcing in recent times?
