Comments on: WFLA Could Lose Bucs Preseason Broadcasts

By: alan thomas

alan thomas — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:02:37 +0000

put them back on wtog. i long for the days of the song “the bucs start here, upn 44″. oh the good old days.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:01:24 +0000

Matt:

People go nuts about announcers. Just look at the amount of words typed over Gus Johnson, Matt Millen, Dick Vitale, Joe Buck, Chris Berman, et al.

Those guys keep some blogs in business alone, like AwfulAnnouncing.com.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:50:58 +0000

Joe, well…maybe.

Of course, Ruud being a free agent actually impacts wins and losses.

Even if the announcers changed (which you said in your post they may not), I’d be interested to see if the average fan cared. While I like the team of Chris Myers and John Lynch, I really wouldn’t care too much…especially for a preseason game.

By: JAS

JAS — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:42:01 +0000

So…people do watch preseason games?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:00:48 +0000

Matt:

Joe sees your point but Joe doesn’t believe this is anything different than Barrett Ruud being a free agent. Ruud may be back; he may not.

If your standard was used in relation to Ruud (or any other free agent), for example, Joe wouldn’t write a word about the guy until he signed with someone.

Right now the Bucs preseason broadcast property is a free agent. And again, when/if the stations change, so too could the announcers which Joe has already noticed people are interested in.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:56:07 +0000

Joe, my point was: fans don’t care, in advance, that the channel MIGHT change. It’s a story when the channel DOES change.

It’s like the NFL lockout on a much smaller scale…without any impact to the fans who know that, at the end of the day in THIS situation, they’re still going to see their football regardless.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:56:45 +0000

Jim:

Seems like you answered your own question. There are tons of coaches shows — unemployed coaches — on the NFL Network during the season.

As for a weekly local team show, the answer is simple. Cash. If a station could sell it, there would be one.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:52:31 +0000

Why isn’t there a weekly coach’s or team show on one of the network channels? I believe Bright House does have a show but I left them to get the NFL network with another cable provider.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:37:05 +0000

Joe might also add that whenever there is a change in a broadcast partner, there is always the chance that the broadcast team could also change.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:32:45 +0000

Matt:

Color Joe stupid, but wouldn’t Bucs fans actually want to know what channel to turn to in order to watch the games?

There’s a reason why NFL schedules include what broadcast entity is televising games. Hell, even the Bucs on their own website will list the channels.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:31:58 +0000

Note: I’m not saying it’s not newsworthy, I’m just saying it’s not anything that, as a fan, we need to worry about.

More like, “Oh, BTW, put the channel on 13 instead of 8.”

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:29:26 +0000

Maybe I’m missing something but, as a viewer, why do I care if the game is on NBC vs. FOX. vs. CBS…especially if the broadcasting team is the same?