Stadium Discussion

Where Do You Want The Stadium?

  • Manhattan

    Votes: 54 16.7%
  • Queens

    Votes: 99 30.6%
  • Brooklyn

    Votes: 19 5.9%
  • Staten Island

    Votes: 7 2.2%
  • Westchester

    Votes: 18 5.6%
  • The Bronx

    Votes: 113 34.9%
  • Long Island

    Votes: 6 1.9%
  • Dual-Boroughs

    Votes: 3 0.9%
  • Etihad Island

    Votes: 5 1.5%

  • Total voters
    324
Speaking of the YES Network,
fuck those guys. I assume it's their broadcast team producing the television feed from YS for our matches, and the feed yesterday was just godawful.

It was clear that the camera operators and the TD were completely ignorant of the idiom of televised soccer. All the framings were too tight so you could barely see a third of the pitch at one time and you had zero sense of how the teams were shaped or when runs were being made or if a particular pass was dangerous or just a bloop into no-man's-land. It was way over-edited, destroying any sense of the rhythm of play, constantly cutting to close shots of specific players wandering around the field. And this was the alternative to the A camera shot whipping back and forth across the pitch unable to follow the action.

On Treats' dangerous free kick, the TD had the closeup of Treats up both during the runup and after the kick, not cutting away until the ball had pinged off the crossbar!

I was so disgusted and distracted by what a horrible job the production team was doing that I could barely pay attention to the game for most of the first half.

So, for me, one important aspect of getting our stadium is installing a TV production team who can do justice to the sport. I watched this match sandwiched between Everton v Chelsea and Cincy v Timbers and the contrast in quality was glaring.
Doesn’t help that the elevated sideline camera isn’t high enough. It really needs to be on a boom extended from the upper deck, that way it can get the entire field in focus without missing the near sideline when the ball is on the far side.
 
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Speaking of the YES Network,
fuck those guys. I assume it's their broadcast team producing the television feed from YS for our matches, and the feed yesterday was just godawful.

It was clear that the camera operators and the TD were completely ignorant of the idiom of televised soccer. All the framings were too tight so you could barely see a third of the pitch at one time and you had zero sense of how the teams were shaped or when runs were being made or if a particular pass was dangerous or just a bloop into no-man's-land. It was way over-edited, destroying any sense of the rhythm of play, constantly cutting to close shots of specific players wandering around the field. And this was the alternative to the A camera shot whipping back and forth across the pitch unable to follow the action.

On Treats' dangerous free kick, the TD had the closeup of Treats up both during the runup and after the kick, not cutting away until the ball had pinged off the crossbar!

I was so disgusted and distracted by what a horrible job the production team was doing that I could barely pay attention to the game for most of the first half.

So, for me, one important aspect of getting our stadium is installing a TV production team who can do justice to the sport. I watched this match sandwiched between Everton v Chelsea and Cincy v Timbers and the contrast in quality was glaring.

The YES Network has nothing to do with an FS1 or ESPN game, only games aired on YES.

Your complaints are with the FS1 director, who did have a rough game. Nothing to do with YES.
 
The YES Network has nothing to do with an FS1 or ESPN game, only games aired on YES.

Your complaints are with the FS1 director, who did have a rough game. Nothing to do with YES.
While the crew may not have been from YES, what you describe is not generally how sports broadcasting works. Venues have TV production teams which create and provide a feed to the broadcasters who then apply their own graphics packages and commentary.

Fox Sports shows shit-tons of soccer and the vast majority of it is produced well by excellent contractors.
 
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He didn't have to say anything about a stadium. He could have said something about Mitrita, or Brad Sims as the new President. But he talked about the stadium. This was a decision.
I thought the same thing when I watched it. This wasn't a Patricof-ish talking point or a Reyna response to a direct question. He had already answered the question, already talked about working with the "fabulous" people, etc. He could have let Scarlet ask the next question. I don't think he had an ulterior motive, it just seemed to be an honest and, in his mind, relevant part of the answer suggesting that there is activity and promise. Doesn't mean it will get done, or that it will get done soon, but it's (somewhat) promising that Randy Levine thinks that it may in the relatively near term. This is the best sound byte we have gotten so far.
 
Gonna leave this hear but if anyone hasn't listened to today's NYCFP Podcast, Dummy Run told them that he should have some big stadium scoop in the next 60-90 days.

60-90 Days? That’s the joke about Miami Beckham United
 
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