Comments on: Could ESPN Steal Andy Gray From Sky Sports?

By: dioforce

dioforce — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:05:55 +0000

Heh.. Fox Soccer Channel is cheap as hell. It's a shame. But ESPN will pick up the torch. Allen Hopkins needs to commentate games. He was wicked good when he was with Fox Sports World (FSC), but has been reduced to a lackey for whatever jock douchebags commentate MLS Thursday night.

By: Kartik

Kartik — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:01:02 +0000

Just be thankful they are showing the Euros.

Being cheap isn’t it. We are talking about travel and lodging abroad at a time when the dollar is weak and oil prices are through the roof. It’s not the same as domestic travel for N. American sports, and these ratings while not terrible do not justify any sort of major expense.

Football is taking off in the US?

Yes maybe, but as I have said before the football taking off in the US is Latin football not European football and these ratings that have excited so many people here back up my point that by and large this is still a very very niche audience.

By: Brian B

Brian B — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:40:39 +0000

Andy Gray from the Moon is better than Tommie Smith and Julie Foudy who are embarrasingly pathetic!!!ESPN should realize that commentators have to be at the game and not in a studio.They don’t seem to do this with NFL,NBA,etc.Stop being cheap like Fox Soccer Channel ,realize that football is taking off in the USA and fans here deserve the same treatment as other sports.

By: Aidan

Aidan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:58:19 +0000

No chance. Not being in the stadium gives the commentary less credibility. Plus Sky bumped his wages up to £20k a week following the offer he turned down from Everton.

By: Paul Bestall

Paul Bestall — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:00:50 +0000

We get a bit flippant about Andy Gray over here in the UK, but I wouldn’t swap him and Martin Tyler for any other commentary team on UK TV.