Somebody needs to tell Fox female soccer commentators that it is okay to talk about what is going on in the field at the direct level. The entire commentating time does not need to be a continuous lesson of analysis and history and the bigger picture. Actually, other things far from expressing what is seen and reactions to it, usually take only a minor part of the commentating.
As a sample, I just watched the first half of Netherlands vs. Japan, which was not even one of the cold games that may need additional help with talking. Nevertheless, obtain a transcript of the commentating and look at the amount of "analysis" thrown at the viewer by the female commentator within just that half of the match.
I never heard women commentating on soccer elsewhere before. But I think that it would not even occur to them to do like this if they were from countries where soccer is like American Football or basketball here in popularity.
No sane TV network would put somebody commentating like this on TV if we were in a country with soccer being the popular game. It might as well just leave the microphone to a toddler babbling continuously.
As a sample, I just watched the first half of Netherlands vs. Japan, which was not even one of the cold games that may need additional help with talking. Nevertheless, obtain a transcript of the commentating and look at the amount of "analysis" thrown at the viewer by the female commentator within just that half of the match.
I never heard women commentating on soccer elsewhere before. But I think that it would not even occur to them to do like this if they were from countries where soccer is like American Football or basketball here in popularity.
No sane TV network would put somebody commentating like this on TV if we were in a country with soccer being the popular game. It might as well just leave the microphone to a toddler babbling continuously.
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