On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 5:17 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Was there any reason they couldn't have put Madden in a booth in San > Jose and have him do remote commentary? It worked fine for NBC on the > Olympics, and it doesn't seem like his skill set would need to be on- > site to be as "effective" as he usually is. James Brown and Bill > Cowher were fine working remotely this morning when the power was out > in Buffalo. Is his in-booth chemistry with Michaels that important? Do > they not want to set some kind of precedent? Pressure from the league?
Having spoken against that practice during the Olympics I can not support it as a solution here. I agree that it was a good idea this morning, which was a good fix for an emergency, but I don't think it is a good practice on a regular basis. But I don't see the problem here. Madden is getting old, he does not want to travel as much as he used to. NBC thinks he is valuable enough to have for as many games as he is available. I wouldn't mind if they just went to an every other week with Madden schedule and gave him 2 weeks to get to his next gig, and have Collingsworth do the other weeks. If they finding that a less than 100% Madden is worse than no Madden at all, then they can get rid of Madden and get someone who is young enough or mentally healthy enough to get to all the games. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
