Awful Announcing
"We've got a terrific production team that's pulling out all the stops to make this a gorgeous thing that's going to pop on television. And to me, I think that's going to add to the importance of what it means."
"Because SRX owns all of the racecars, we have the ability to do things you don't have the ability to do in NASCAR or IndyCar. 'You want to put a camera there, yeah, we can do it!'"
Goodman's contract with Stadium is up in a couple months, and he's in talks with both them and other outlets.
"This is a different boat. It's primetime, and it's new people that are watching."
"We're looking for both intimacy and a fan's perspective. Where is the personal connection between host and subject? How are we thinking about a story or athlete in a different way?"
"Being able to see what’s happening inside an athlete as they go through a crucial moment in a tournament brings fans closer to the action like never before. It adds this wrinkle that you can see and almost understand what the player is going through and feel what they are feeling."
"However, if the organizations think that they can just keep saying 'do press or you're going to be fined' and continue to ignore the mental health of the athletes that are the centerpiece of their cooperation [sic] then I just gotta laugh."
"Overall, the reaction from the player side and the fan side on the YouTube games consistently having multiple players mic'd up for each game has been so, so excellent. I'm really excited about it. And it brings such a unique aspect to the games to be able to hear them throughout."
"I brought the idea to Aaron, and he immediately stopped me and said, 'Who did you talk to about this and how many people know?' He thought it was a great idea and said, 'Let's make this.' After the initial shock wore off, I got to work, and we started building it."
"The partnership with Raycom has been extraordinary for our company, especially at a time when the transition is really from traditional broadcasting to over-the-top."
About half of ESPN's games will feature an on-site truck (and likely on-site announcers as well), with Shiffman saying "The production will be at its best when we can travel people."
"Can we tell a running story, but one that also looks at some of these other issues?"
"I think what we can do is take sort of a more artistic look, so to speak, and just complement what they do."
