From people I've heard from in US & South America, there is indeed something to reports that CONMEBOL is exploring moving the Copa América to USA as announced host Argentina deals with Covid spikes. But a lot of work to do before it's official. Tournament set to start June 13.— Subscribe to GrantWahl.com (@GrantWahl) May 26, 2021 While it wouldn't affect the start times , you can imagine that certain TV parties would be very happy to see this. Of course, moving a tournament on two weeks notice is... difficult.
Especially in COVID times. (I'm wondering if there are quarantine requirements for travelers from South America at this time - I would suspect so.) That said, it almost has to be moved at this point (or simply cancelled altogether). I mean, doesn't make sense to suspend the domestic league right before the end of the season, and then invite players from all over the world to partake in a month-long tournament.
Univision and FOX executives are dancing in the streets if this happens. I mentioned in other threads but they should just host it all in Florida. Many games would sell like hot cakes even in short notice in Miami, Boca Raton, Miami Gardens, etc. It is not close to South Florida but Tampa could be a good stadium too.
I'm just spitballing, but: Orlando (NCAA football and MLS), Jacksonville, Miami (MLS and NFL), Tampa, Gainesville and Tallahassee all have stadiums which could be used. Even if teams had to fly charter planes, it could be done. It's just under eight hours from Miami to Tallahassee (basically at opposite ends), but teams could probably be put into zones to minimalize travel. "North-based teams" would play each other, as would "south-based teams." They could do the final somewhere sort of central like Tampa or Orlando.
The Argentine government presented a strict protocol to Conmebol for the 2021 Copa America to be entirely held in the country. It was a meeting between Argentina president Alberto Fernandez and Conmebol president Alejandro Dominguez. https://t.co/DF2AljbX2a— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) May 27, 2021
Should know more by the end of today/ Monday. If the US hosts I hope the ticket prices are more reasonable than 2016. Logically they should be since there is less demand , less time to sell. Of course, moot point for me if its all played in FL but am hoping its spread out a bit more than that.
Every time I get the feeling CONMEBOL have no idea what they're doing, they confirm my suspicions even more.
Sao Paulo denied them the opportunity to play games there. It is mostly going to be played in Stadiums that do not have Club teams participating in their local championship. Brasília, Goiania, Cuiba, Rio.
It was my attempt at a joke. What I wanted to say is one half of a single match in one venue and the second half of the same match in another city. Since CONMEBOL keeps changing countries by the second.
Fwiw... (!) Ha empezado la Copa America 2021. Ninguna televisión en España ha comprado los derechos 🤦🏻♂️— MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) June 13, 2021
Im watching Ven v. Brasil via Fox on DVR. Is it just me, or is their use of artificial crowd noise just really poorly done? I get that it is hard going up against the scene in Europe where there are live audiences, but at this point in the pandemic it just seems like a tired gimmick. I think the fact that they haven't shown soccer in like a year shows they are a bit rusty.
The fake crowd noise being used for this tournament is the worst I've seen since the start of the pandemic. So unnatural-sounding.
I only started watching the Copa closely when the knockout stage began but their audio has been consistently 2 or so seconds behind the video. This makes the fake crowd noise sound even worse. But yeah... it isn't good to begin with. Cheers erupt, for e.g., when a team plays a short corner. lol Regarding the FOX on-air "talent", one anchor man went into a Borat voice during the halftime of Uruguay - Colombia game! He did a good Borat impression I've gotta say, but ... come on! There's a time and place to do the Borat voice.
Is Fox Sports putting in the fake crowd noise, or is that part of the local production in Brazil sent out to the world?
Fox has no understanding of baseball games. They schedule a game on FS1, think that game will end in time for a 1-hour pre-game. As it stand, the baseball game is going to run so long that Copa America will start on FS2. Ridiculous. If a baseball game takes that long, you've got to move the baseball game. And I say this as a baseball fan. But as a baseball fan that I have come to the conclusion that baseball on TV is close to unwatchable these days. Even with the men on base during extra innings, which I love, innings 6 - end seem to take 2+ hours.
And to top it off, Fox must have hired BeIN's engineers. The metallic looking grass and metallic shadows on players faces from too much (or too little?) compression on the image was ridiculous.
I recorded the Copa America Final on FS1 (2am start for me). My first exposure to the tournament on Fox. Let me put it this way: realizing that Fox has the next 2 World Cups, if I didn't have choices, I'd have to consider offing myself... SA