Comments on: Fox Sports Finally Announces Its Acquisition of the US Champions League Rights

By: Stowe

Stowe — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:43:49 +0000

I sometimes question whether or not I would actually like FSC as much if it weren’t kind of hokey. The low production value has it’s strange charm and with sleekness comes douchebags (see the aforementioned ESPN family of networks). I’ve often listened to Christian Miles or Bretos drone on and on about some inane point and thought, well they’re not perfect but at least they’re ours.

By: Andrew H.

Andrew H. — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:01:14 +0000

Good news in my opinion. It all comes down to the matches. If I can see more soccer, who cares about the announcers. In all truth, I watched most of the 06 World Cup matches on mute, or on the Spanish Channel, to get away from the announcers…so i would think real fans can get beyond who is calling the game, if worst came to worst.

There is very little to whine about here… I like FSC and their whole game really; it can be corny at times, but i look at it as a sign of a close knit soccer community.

More games = good move. (p.s. calm down queensnake…i thought the commentary from Sandy UT was pretty decent; the powers that be are definitely showing signs that a good commentary lets the play “breathe”)

We should be championing more games, and focusing less on commentators

By: Kingsnake

Kingsnake — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:59:08 +0000

If the announcing on tonight’s MLS broadcast on Every Stinking Pitch Network is anything to go by … PRAISE JEEBUS!

Those three yahoos — and especially Kyle Martino — never SHUT UP!!!

By: Brian Phillips

Brian Phillips — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:01:07 +0000

Sat in on media conference call? How did you manage that?

Sorry, I should have clarified that. Please add “Because I am famous and a shaper of global opinion,” to the start of the first sentence of the post.

I agree about the repeat broadcasts. Especially since FSC will re-run a lot of the games in primetime, something ESPN wasn’t exactly clamoring to do.

By: KingSnake

KingSnake — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:08:24 +0000

Btw, another advantage to Fox — besides not being pre-empted for three year old Little League home run hitting contests (yes, this once happened on Every Stinking Pitch Network) — is that they re-run matches. A lot. Sometimes way too much. (Japan-Bahrain, anyone?) But … at least that means you will have the *opportunity* to see the match, and be excited by it, should you have managed to avoid coverage thereof …

By: KingSnake

KingSnake — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:05:59 +0000

Sat in on media conference call? How did you manage that?

Btw, I am putting in my request now that they bring back Michelle …