Cost cutting measure. No travel expense, no lodging, no meals. All about saving money where they can.
Businesses of all sorts doing this. Many of us are talking about how productive we were at home. Want to keep working that way. So businesses have decided, ok, no need to pay for travel. Everybody was productive without it.
What is it hurting for them to call it from a remote location? One thing the pandemic showed is that there are a lot of jobs that can be done away from the traditional office setting. So why force them to return just because there will always be some who question why they're not back in the office. I'm all for it as long as the job gets done in a satisfactorily manner. Plus, it saves a lot of money on travel costs as well.
Pretty sure they will. They had guys in Hoover for the SEC Tournament so can’t imagine they won’t have them in Omaha.
What do you truly gain by those guys being on the road? I would be willing to bet most MLB fans didn’t realize they were still calling the road games from Atlanta anyway. Why spend all the money on travel for that army of announcers & beat writers when it’s completely unnecessary?
There is absolutely a difference when they do not call the games from the stadiums. You can tell a difference. There are a lot of things you can pick up in person that the camera does not show. What is the point of having announcers if they are watching the same feed as the fans??
The average MLB fan cannot tell the difference. A baseball purist maybe, but baseball is not gaining or losing new fans on whether or not announcers are physically at the games. Is there a difference? Sure. Is it enough to warrant the travel expenses of putting all those announcers & beat writers on the road for 80 games a year? No, I don't think so, not with today's technology.
Seems weird that they're having announcers announce from home for the super regionals, meanwhile for the SEC tourney they had a full crew there and did a lot of coverage of that tournament. I know one of the guys said that they drove there while the rest flew in
Oh I’m sure everyone in Fayatteville would be there along with every one of their relatives
And they have to save money because they keep losing viewers and are getting less revenue. I haven't watched ESPN for anything other than SEC football games in more than 10 years. Haven't seen a minute of Sportscenter in much longer than that.
