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These are smart moves.  Spring sports like baseball and softball can't justify high production costs. They aren't cutting games. Most fans wouldn't even notice a change in coverage if there weren't articles and tweets about it.  They never should have been so bloated to start with. They can produce the coverage for a lot less cost than what they have been doing. Better to right size it and make it economic and sustainable than go out of business and shut down entirely.

After the NCAA MWP tourney, I wrote to the guy who was the announcer. I commented how, while it was unfortunate that there were so few WP games on PAC-12, that was more than available otherwise.  I went on to suggest the network could install a few cameras with feeds back to the network office, and do the cutting between feeds & announcing there.   While definitely, there is an advantage to having a full crew at a venue, it must cost a lot.  For some sports, having any coverage seems better than having practically no coverage at all.

Come to think of it, this could be a good way for student broadcasters to contribute. Would I rather watch a Stanford @ Cal water polo game with a Cal broadcaster than having no announcer at all, or not seeing the game at all.  Yes. (I can always turn off the sound if it is too bothersome.)  I often prefer KZSU's coverage than whomever is announcing on TV.

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These are smart moves.  Spring sports like baseball and softball can't justify high production costs. They aren't cutting games. Most fans wouldn't even notice a change in coverage if there weren't articles and tweets about it.  They never should have been so bloated to start with. They can produce the coverage for a lot less cost than what they have been doing. Better to right size it and make it economic and sustainable than go out of business and shut down entirely.

After the NCAA MWP tourney, I wrote to the guy who was the announcer. I commented how, while it was unfortunate that there were so few WP games on PAC-12, that was more than available otherwise.  I went on to suggest the network could install a few cameras with feeds back to the network office, and do the cutting between feeds & announcing there.   While definitely, there is an advantage to having a full crew at a venue, it must cost a lot.  For some sports, having any coverage seems better than having practically no coverage at all.

Come to think of it, this could be a good way for student broadcasters to contribute. Would I rather watch a Stanford @ Cal water polo game with a Cal broadcaster than having no announcer at all, or not seeing the game at all.  Yes. (I can always turn off the sound if it is too bothersome.)  I often prefer KZSU's coverage than whomever is announcing on TV.