ESPN/ABC To Apply Poker Model To Football Broadcasts
 

According to an article in the current issue of SMARTMEDIA Magazine, Matt Marantz, ESPN's WSOP producer, is taking over as executive producer of ESPN/ABC's football broadcasts. He intends to adopt the poker broadcasting model for football games. The shows will be shorter, edited broadcasts concentrating on the most interesting plays, with more human interest segments...

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Football ratings are going down? Please. I have a feeling you'll see the highest rated regular season ratings this weekend for some odd reason.

On a side note, ABC/ESPN are having *horrible* ratings with NASCAR. Now, don't get me started with Nascar bashing but their ratings have declined by 20-25% over the last 3 years. Ouch! (ESPN/ABC just started a multi-year multi billion dollar TV deal)

Edit: To clarify, yes MNF football ratings are down significantly from their hey-day. That is true. However their hey-day was back in the "dark-ages" before cableTV, internet poker, internet porn and xboxes. Even broadcast TV has lower ratings, it's not a problem with the product but more of the nature of the beast of today's culture.

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Is this a bleeping joke?! Not only are football ratings fine (I'm pretty sure the NFL is healthier than it has ever been, and college football is arguably the most popular sport in the USA), but the "human interest segments" in poker broadcasts are bleeping horrible!

Please let this be an Onion article....

EDIT: Article is definitely a joke. Panic gone. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Is this a bleeping joke?! Not only are football ratings fine (I'm pretty sure the NFL is healthier than it has ever been, and college football is arguably the most popular sport in the USA), but the "human interest segments" in poker broadcasts are bleeping horrible!

Please let this be an Onion article....

EDIT: Article is definitely a joke. Panic gone. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Yeah, I'm sure they'll have some GREAT segments about players on the Bengals...

The cited article is apparently not available online, so I'm skeptical. (Not did I read the blog in full, guilty as charged)

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kind of reminds me of the free hat episode of southpark i watched last night

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Article is definitely a joke.

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It's definitely real! I know real ones when I see em:

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They already have highlights shows for football, match of the day etc and for the comedy segement what more could you want than Gary Lineker and Mark Lawrenson.

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it is hard to tell what is a level or not these days but I can say that when my wife watches the ESPN broadcasts the human interest stuff is the only thing that keeps her tuned in.

That said, most of it is a complete joke. The same 10 people get so much coverage. Some of the people that get that much coverage barely play poker at all. I think Daniel and Mike deserve every minute they are on but Mike needs to dress better, someone should talk to him. Phil Hellmuth deserves what he gets but not quite as much.

It would be nice if the human interest stuff in poker actually revolved around poker players. All of that said I think this year was been better than the past.

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If that article is true, i will stop watching football...

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This should be the deathblow for ESPN, please let it happen.