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Originally Posted by Proof Sheet
Listen to him and you'll see what a 'homer' he is. Brutal colour commentator. When the World Cup is on, we get the 'world feed' commentators who are almost all british and when england, or scotland, wales, northern ireland are on, they are not biassed towards their 'home' nation. I find it makes the game more enjoyable.
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Brits are biased towards Brits or other Commonwealth nations. It's painfully obvious in most broadcasts of most sports (especially in, say, F1). If it's nicer on your ear then that's fine, but everyone has bias no matter the situation.
If you're subscribed to OneSoccer they offer a no-commentary feed. That's usually my go-to, and frankly I usually watch streams on mute or stadium sound when I can.
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Originally Posted by Proof Sheet
Gamesmanship should not be a part of the game. Call it what you want. The dark arts, skullduggery. Not a good example to set for kids wanting to play the game.
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Been this way for decades, and decades, and decades. Do teams do shady things? Yes. But all teams take part in this - some people
here encourage and get excited when Canada employs the same tactics. To remove
all gamesmanship from soccer you'd have to play games on the Moon or something. There will always be an element of it present.