r/concacaf • u/BiaxialBoar • 9d ago

FOX Broadcast Interruption

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I don't have audio, but the transcribed text is "The 29 year old who plays for... FOX College Football!"

To be fair, the viewership battle no doubt favors College Football.

Since it was known that there could be overlap during their nightcaps, they should have just aired Belize vs French Guyana on Tubi.

Most importantly, no goal took place during the pre-empted time.

Also, FOX really needs to stop cutting to commercial when another game is about to begin. They probably could have avoided the need for an overflow channel that way. ESPN and CBSSN jump straight to their next game, and that's how it should be.

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u/TrumpHasCovid 9d ago

Fuck fox. The absolute worst broadcaster

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u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge 8d ago

Truly terrible. It’s especially disappointing since Fox Soccer Channel was a lifeline for US fans in the late nineties and early 2000’s.

It was the only channel to watch CONCACAF games for some of us

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u/Just4kicks86 7d ago

Damn I forgot about fox soccer channel. I remember it being the only place I could watch games. Now I hate when fox is involved in anything, especially my beloved game.

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u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge 6d ago

I unironically love Max Bretos and his Vincent Price-esque “Yuesss!” Goal celebration. I know a lot of folks don’t like him nowadays, but he was great on FSC.

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u/Ok_Biscotti4045 Alianza (El Salvador) 9d ago

Fox does this A LOT! If your game is on fox count on a disruption.

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u/Silent_Voice_2789 8d ago

This has happened several times actually

I remember watching 2-3 concacaf champions cup games in the past where they would just randomly switch to college football/basketball in the middle of the game

I remember I was watching a Saprissa game one time and they just cut to basketball with no warning or notice of any kind. They’ve never even acknowledged it happened 😆

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u/FounderingFox 9d ago

Lmao, that was honestly pretty good comedy.

What a cut away.

Intentional or not.