How would you improve sports broadcasts?

Only show graphics between the action in football and baseball. I bought a big screen to see games, not names and numbers.

 

Oh, yeah. Forgot one and this'll take three words: Less Chris Berman.

 

Shark tank and stripper pole at the 50.

 

Even better -- NO Chris Berman ... EVER!

 

Still my biggest problem with broadcasts is the massive time devoted to commercial breaks. I think the NFL added in more this year, which is why the late games officially start at 4:25 p.m. ET. And if you're at the stadium you see that players and coaches just spend most of that time standing around doing nothing.

 

Stop with the storylines and 'keys to the game'. Just useless clutter.

Never cut to crowd shots and shots of the bench in close basketball games, unless the clock is stopped. Directors should be fired if,when a team makes a basket, he/she switches to a crowd, or bench shot, and we miss a turnover, or play on the court.

 

Recognize conflicts of interest.

A few years ago, I swear, FOX' national broadcast would get Thom Brennaman to cover every single D-Backs game despite the fact that he was their regional announcer. They even had him doing playoff games they were in. Ridiculous. And he was every bit as biased and lousy as you'd expect.

 

For college basketball and NBA, no timeouts in the last three minutes except for injuries. Really, five minutes would be even better. Nobody wants to watch a game devolve into a chess match of free-throw shooting.

It really screws the fans. All the buildup to a big finish, and then this bullshit slow-dance that takes 30 minutes to complete. Sucks the momentum right out of the game. Really kills the upset factor sometimes, too. Play the game to the buzzer.

 

Yeah, well, fuck the Fantasy Football crowd. There's a game on.

 

As DickWhitman said showing the full field would be great, especially as a replay on a passing play. Watching receivers routes and line play, at the same time, would be interesting. Show it from the Free Safety perspective, even on a running play.

More commentary on schemes, I learned more playing one season of Madden then I have in 42 years of watching games live and in person.

Cut the obvious crap, we already know that when a team is trailing by one score and its late in the game that converting a third down is crucial. Given the fact that teams score on about 5 of their 15 possessions, every third down conversion is important.

 

I would like to see an end zone camera displaying a north/south view rather than east/west. That view would highlight the holes that the offensive line would open, the receiver routes, the qb's reads, etc.