Reports from England last week revealed that Premier League broadcasters are set to start interviewing managers and players at half-time during EPL games. They will also start interviewing players after they are subbed out of matches.
In a world where everyone wants more and more access to their favorite players and teams, it makes sense to try and add something like this to Premier League broadcasts.
When you think about what fans get out of these interviews and how time-consuming they are for the players, the Premier League’s plans for halftime and substitution interviews are awful.
Premier League halftime interviews add nothing
When reports of potential halftime and substitute interviews first broke, many Premier League fans in the UK called it something like “Yank nonsense.” Often, Brits blame Americans for things that don’t make any sense. They are probably right here, though.
If you’ve watched any American sport, you know just how common in-game interviews are. Head coaches are interviewed between quarters and halftime in the NBA. In the NFL and NCAA Football, coaches and players usually give a sound bite before heading down the tunnel to join their teams in the locker room. MLB managers and players do interviews on the field during live play. MLS has even experimented with interviewing coaches during matches.
Whatever the league, one thing is always true about these interviews: they are rarely insightful. It’s painfully obvious that players and coaches are there because they have to be. Most just throw out a few cliches until they are allowed to leave.
Some Premier League fans might like the novelty of getting to hear from their players and managers. That novelty will quickly wear off, though, once they hear the same thing over and over again, week in, week out.
Stakes are too high
Maybe the biggest difference between American sports, where in-game interviews are common, and the Premier League is the…
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Author : Cody Aceveda
Publish date : 2024-10-14 19:48:03
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