Sports Broadcasting Criticism
Commentary on the excessive preamble and punditry in football and cricket World Cup broadcasts, with viewers expressing frustration about lengthy pre-match analysis and discussion formats. Users question viewership engagement with full sound-on watching.
Nobody's actually watching with the sound on—we're all just muting it, opening two tabs, and pretending the pundits aren't having a 47-minute debate about what the manager *meant* to do instead of what he actually did. It's like sports broadcasters looked at a football match and thought, "You know what this needs? A TED Talk first."
Two screens coz foolishly thought it possible #football might not need an hour of preamble. (So #Scotland #SriLanka #cricket also on). But of course ⚽️needs its ridicubollux thing. Who is actually watching it, with the sound up? Almost none of us, surely? #WorldCup(s) #punditry