As a NASCAR fan – gotta chuckle – the sound effect is accurate. However, he has to add in the live feed from the driver/crew chief feeds – “[redacted for pre-censorship sake”. Shall we say, many live F-Bombs live-fed over the internet?….
My local sports bar turned up the corporate music whilst the rest of us were trying to watch/listen to a nationally-televised car race during NASCAR season. (“It’s what corporate tells us to do.”) A few very focused emails and the threat of a moneyed boycott of dozens of NASCAR fans changed corporate’s mind really quickly. Now, all sporting event – NASCAR, IROC, Kentucky Derby, Olympics, local curling, et al – get sound priority over the canned/pre-planned 60s/70s music we grew up with and loathed by majority rules. All is well and good for the people. By the way, yes, I do have a few advanced college degrees and I can drive a backhoe, unlike the necktied folk who ‘know their clientele’ and sit in corporate offices.
My apologies for the length of this rant, but this happened during a Daytona 500 race (fMAJOR irst race of any season!). We could not get the audio feed because ’corporate decided only the SupeBowl got the tv audio and we could watch the closed captioning. Manure. That with an NBA playoff or “The Sweet Sixteen etc.”
Page me in the morning and ask how I really feel. Relinquishing the soap box. Carry on.
Oh, and corporate sent us a $50 gift card for the ‘inconvenience’. Bah. Just give me food and a place to watch and listen to racing.
I have absolutely no problem with watching sports on a muted TV, whether at home or in a bar. Personally, after a while the announcers are just saying “blah, blah, blah” to fill in time. If I’m really interested in a game I totally ignore the sounds around me.
emjaycee about 10 years ago
As a NASCAR fan – gotta chuckle – the sound effect is accurate. However, he has to add in the live feed from the driver/crew chief feeds – “[redacted for pre-censorship sake”. Shall we say, many live F-Bombs live-fed over the internet?….
My local sports bar turned up the corporate music whilst the rest of us were trying to watch/listen to a nationally-televised car race during NASCAR season. (“It’s what corporate tells us to do.”) A few very focused emails and the threat of a moneyed boycott of dozens of NASCAR fans changed corporate’s mind really quickly. Now, all sporting event – NASCAR, IROC, Kentucky Derby, Olympics, local curling, et al – get sound priority over the canned/pre-planned 60s/70s music we grew up with and loathed by majority rules. All is well and good for the people. By the way, yes, I do have a few advanced college degrees and I can drive a backhoe, unlike the necktied folk who ‘know their clientele’ and sit in corporate offices.
My apologies for the length of this rant, but this happened during a Daytona 500 race (fMAJOR irst race of any season!). We could not get the audio feed because ’corporate decided only the SupeBowl got the tv audio and we could watch the closed captioning. Manure. That with an NBA playoff or “The Sweet Sixteen etc.”
Page me in the morning and ask how I really feel. Relinquishing the soap box. Carry on.
Oh, and corporate sent us a $50 gift card for the ‘inconvenience’. Bah. Just give me food and a place to watch and listen to racing.
Egrayjames about 10 years ago
I have absolutely no problem with watching sports on a muted TV, whether at home or in a bar. Personally, after a while the announcers are just saying “blah, blah, blah” to fill in time. If I’m really interested in a game I totally ignore the sounds around me.