Bill of Rights for NASCAR TV Coverage
John Daly, over at The Daly Planet, reports on NASCAR, but more specifically, on the TV coverage that the sport receives. At his website where he dishes out pragmatic and timely observations, his readers also chime in down in the comments section during the races to voice their opinions of what they’re experiencing also.
During each event you will see opinions that range across the board to sometimes a very consistent voice about the coverage of the sport.
What John has done over there is take the combined opinions of his own and his readers and has put together what he calls a “NASCAR TV Bill of Rights.“ He’s concisely taken the mass of comments and formed it into a coherent request! Basically, it’s a declaration of what the TV viewer may wish for the various networks that cover the sport, to be consistent in.
Here are a few of The points made:
- The pre-race show is to inform viewers of the ongoing stories involving the teams about to race. It is not for features designed to sell a product…
- Updates on the basics of NASCAR car parts should be reserved for specialty TV shows.
- A driver who starts a Sprint Cup Series race and suddenly pulls off the track and heads to the garage should be identified on TV immediately.
- Prior to every restart in a Sprint Cup Series race TV viewers should be told what cars got a pass-around, who is the Lucky Dog and if there were any pit road penalties.
- Cameras do not zoom in on single cars under green flag.
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These are but a few of the points made with this article and there are a lot more over there, so head on over to John’s NASCAR TV Bill of Rights and check out the rest of the list and chime in if you have an opinion. I found it very interesting indeed!
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