Comments on: Are football commentators ruining the viewing experience?

By: David Jeffreys

David Jeffreys — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:02:46 +0000

I have long felt commentators spend much too much time discussing the team’s and individuals’ previous performances, rattling off unnecessary statistics and hardly any time describing the game. A very bad example was recent Carabao Cup Newcastle v Spurs – they seemed to assume that the viewer knows all the players by sight and hardly ever name them in passages of play. That is the first thing I want to know: who is playing the ball? Indeed for my purposes if they did that thoroughly that is all I need to know. They seem more concerned with demonstrating their encyclopaedic knowledge of the game than enlightening the viewer about what is happening on the pitch. Quite often they are still engaged in their discourse as a goal is abuout to be scored. It drives me mad!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:47:15 +0000

In reply to Kenneth Gray. I feel your pain, Kenneth. It seems like no sports are immune to an endless stream of useless information. Perhaps the TV companies assume that we've all got the attention span of a Goldfish :)

By: Kenneth Gray

Kenneth Gray — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:01:18 +0000

I’m 60 and for the first time in my life find myself pushing the mute button during games on NBC due to the literally non-stop drivel from most of the commentators which btw has long ago ruined tennis coverage.

By: David sayer

David sayer — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 16:12:46 +0000

Never a more true words spoken …ps don’t pass to vardy