If NFL games don't have spectators, Fox might add CGI fans, crowd noise to broadcasts

DerekJohnson

https://usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/05/13/joe-buck-fox-possibilities-nfl-games-without-fans-coronavirus/5188573002/

backthepack

Would suck but wouldn’t be the worst thing ever.

If college football tried to do this, every game would feel like MAC game!

dnc

Leave it to Fox to make a bad situation worse.

whatshouldicareabout

They should put photos of fans in the seats.

I mean, why isn't anyone else thinking of this idea?

GreenRiverGatorz

dnc said:

Leave it to Fox to make a bad situation worse.

Disagree. Just like fake birds on a golf broadcast and the laugh track for everyone's favorite Seinfeld episodes (hi pup!), I support piped in crowd noise. A silent field is fucking eerie.

dnc

GreenRiverGatorz said:

dnc said:

Leave it to Fox to make a bad situation worse.

Disagree. Just like fake birds on a golf broadcast and the laugh track for everyone's favorite Seinfeld episodes (hi pup!), I support piped in crowd noise. A silent field is fucking eerie.

No laugh track > laugh track.

RaceBannon

GreenRiverGatorz said:

dnc said:

Leave it to Fox to make a bad situation worse.

Disagree. Just like fake birds on a golf broadcast and the laugh track for everyone's favorite Seinfeld episodes (hi pup!), I support piped in crowd noise. A silent field is fucking eerie.

Pup did NOT support piped in crowd noise on SEC games on CBS

animate

I hope fox adds virtual hannitys and dick sucking Trump worshippers in the crowd ... and Obama lookalike crackerjack (lol) vendors in the stands.

We need more hate in this country ... need to set the country back 50 years

dnc

animate said:

I hope fox adds virtual hannitys and dick sucking Trump worshippers in the crowd ... and Obama lookalike crackerjack (lol) vendors in the stands.

We need more hate in this country ... need to set the country back 50 years

In a shocking move noted poster @animate has come out as FOR CGI.

ThomasFremont

Mic up all the players. Fuck fan noise.

Doogles

ThomasFremont said:

Mic up all the players. Fuck fan noise.

The UFC fights have been great with no crowd, hear every smack, but also you can hear the corner coaching in real time. It's an entirely different game.

animate

dnc said:

animate said:

I hope fox adds virtual hannitys and dick sucking Trump worshippers in the crowd ... and Obama lookalike crackerjack (lol) vendors in the stands.

We need more hate in this country ... need to set the country back 50 years

In a shocking move noted poster @animate has come out as FOR CGI.

Make it happen! Why bother hiding the hate and intolerance ... just rip the band-aid off that motha

DerekJohnson

When I was a kid, NBC briefly experimented with broadcasting NFL games with no announcers.

1to392831weretaken

I think for years we've been underestimating the kind of home field advantage that silence has given Stanford.

dnc

1to392831weretaken said:

I think for years we've been underestimating the kind of home field advantage that silence has given Stanford.

https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/62155/stanford-has-one-of-the-best-home-field-advantages-how-is-this/p1

Fenderbender123

They should also add some CGI Imperial Walkers in the background, too.

TTJ

DerekJohnson said:

When I was a kid, NBC briefly experimented with broadcasting NFL games with no announcers.

ESPN still offers this as part of its SkyCam broadcast. Which is a fun alternative to the traditional format. Gives you much more of the ambient stadium atmosphere.