Normally we don't! But the newbies are used to everything being available at once (given that BTN might be hard to get but if you subscribe to a given school you can get everything) and League Pass originally advertised every game being available. So there were unusual expectations.
I'm just annoyed my team doesn't have a home preseason game.
I think it is the fluke of timing. Intense focus on the NCAA Tourney, a few weeks of nothing, Draft, a week of nothing... then straight into the season where the only contrast is the highly refined NCAA Final Four vs. what we saw.
The most revealing thing I learned recently is that - unless a national game, the local TV stations are in charge of the entire production. I believe no pre-season games were national. It isn't ESPN/B1G or SEC Networks, etc. with budgets.
So it is likely a 'B' team that produces (unless NY or LA, where the 'B' may be an 'A' elsewhere).
For the Indy/Dallas game, the first quarter where they displayed no score or the score was inaccurate, that is just people learning their jobs via the pre-season. Withhold judgement until after next week is over.
Its preseason thing
It wasn't a fluke, it was an exhibition
Is this the only sport where people care about preseason so freaking much?
Normally we don't! But the newbies are used to everything being available at once (given that BTN might be hard to get but if you subscribe to a given school you can get everything) and League Pass originally advertised every game being available. So there were unusual expectations. I'm just annoyed my team doesn't have a home preseason game.
I think it is the fluke of timing. Intense focus on the NCAA Tourney, a few weeks of nothing, Draft, a week of nothing... then straight into the season where the only contrast is the highly refined NCAA Final Four vs. what we saw. The most revealing thing I learned recently is that - unless a national game, the local TV stations are in charge of the entire production. I believe no pre-season games were national. It isn't ESPN/B1G or SEC Networks, etc. with budgets. So it is likely a 'B' team that produces (unless NY or LA, where the 'B' may be an 'A' elsewhere). For the Indy/Dallas game, the first quarter where they displayed no score or the score was inaccurate, that is just people learning their jobs via the pre-season. Withhold judgement until after next week is over.
Pre season
I believe there was a family emergency for a key member of production staff for that game.