Think of the broadcast team for your local MLB team.
Do you want them to be truly objective? Give a 50/50 split to the backstory and trends for both teams and their players? I doubt it. You want to hear about your guys and their slumps, hot streaks, milestones, etc plus the impactful stuff happening on the other squad.
On the other hand, you don\'t want an obvious homer who is openly rooting for your team - even if he does see them 162 times a year and may be personally hoping they do well. Homers insult your intelligence.
Football, even Notre Dame/NBC football, isn\'t that much different. It\'s when they\'re over the top in their fandom that they drive the audience away. Subtle bias, at least to this fan, is grudgingly OK even when it\'s a bias against my team.
Do you want them to be truly objective? Give a 50/50 split to the backstory and trends for both teams and their players? I doubt it. You want to hear about your guys and their slumps, hot streaks, milestones, etc plus the impactful stuff happening on the other squad.
On the other hand, you don\'t want an obvious homer who is openly rooting for your team - even if he does see them 162 times a year and may be personally hoping they do well. Homers insult your intelligence.
Football, even Notre Dame/NBC football, isn\'t that much different. It\'s when they\'re over the top in their fandom that they drive the audience away. Subtle bias, at least to this fan, is grudgingly OK even when it\'s a bias against my team.
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