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Sideline reporters

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radioguy555

I'm a pretty avid football fan and watch both college and pro games on just about every network that shows them. With that said, it seems like sideline reporters for NFL games are not used as much as for college games. In other words, I've noticed that the announcers hardly ever go down to the field reporters during the pro games, but they do a lot more for college games. Any idea why?

Also, do you think sideline reporters are really necessary? Hearing cliche remarks from coaches at halftime is getting pretty old, although I do understand their importance for finding out about injuries.
 
Early in her network career, Michele Tafoya nearly killed all sideline reporting. She was interviewing someone on the sideline when a player ran for a long touchdown. The crowd was cheering so loudly that you couldn't hear her or the man she was interviewing, but she kept on asking questions, and the director never broke away from her to show the touchdown. Viewers had to settle for a replay. They never got to see the TD live.

The next day, the network (can't remember if it was CBS or ABC) got so much heat from the press nationwide that they put in a system (duh!) to prevent that from happening again.

Years later, Tafoya said that the mistake was hers. She still hasn't lived it down.

If they have to have sideline reporting, it should be limited to injuries, benchings, or something actually game-related. We don't need to hear from former players, cheerleaders, mascots, parents, Spike Lee, or celebrities.

Just show us the damn game. Is that so hard?
 
You've noticed since last year, CBS doesn't use sideline reporters for their regular season NFL games, just for the AFC title game (and last year's Super Bowl), and it's usually one of their game analysts.
 
ShawnHill1 said:
You've noticed since last year, CBS doesn't use sideline reporters for their regular season NFL games, just for the AFC title game (and last year's Super Bowl), and it's usually one of their game analysts.
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Cost-cutting move by CBS.
 
RicoGregg said:
If they have to have sideline reporting, it should be limited to injuries, benchings, or something actually game-related. We don't need to hear from former players, cheerleaders, mascots, parents, Spike Lee, or celebrities.
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Or drunk former quarterbacks blubberering "I hwannna kisshhh youuuuu!" ;D
 
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