{"id":184190,"date":"2021-02-20T23:13:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T20:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/best-worst-fanless-sports-viewing-experiences-during-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2021-02-20T23:13:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T20:13:59","slug":"best-worst-fanless-sports-viewing-experiences-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/best-worst-fanless-sports-viewing-experiences-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"#Best, worst fanless sports viewing experiences during COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d829d7627f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d829d7627f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/best-worst-fanless-sports-viewing-experiences-during-covid-19\/#Vacs_Whacks\" >Vac\u2019s Whacks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/best-worst-fanless-sports-viewing-experiences-during-covid-19\/#Whack_Back_at_Vac\" >Whack Back at Vac<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Best, worst fanless sports viewing experiences during COVID-19<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/122720Jets033CW.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The fans return, in limited numbers, on Tuesday. Good for you if you are one of the 4,000 or so who will be allowed inside Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center that night. Good for the Knicks and Nets, both of whom have had seasons in which they have deserved to bask in spectator adulation (and, sure, absorb the occasional reservoir of boos).<\/p>\n<p>Since June, when sports began to trickle back to us, it has been a strange sensory study: How much do mostly (and, around here, entirely) empty stadiums subtract from the overall viewing experience? In some ways, the difference has felt minimal; in others it is a gaping, dreadful hole. We\u2019ve been through it all. We\u2019ve watched it all. Which has been best? Which has been worst?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s one man\u2019s ranking of all of that. I am most curious what other men\u2019s (and women\u2019s) perspectives have been.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>NFL:<\/strong> For years the joke has been that one day, NFL <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s will be played in made-to-order TV studios since football, especially pro football, is such a more complete experience on TV than it is in person. Maybe the fact we got 32 perfectly dreadful local football games to watch this past year, but I never once found myself distracted by the empty seats, and the games all looked as they probably would have in normal times.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NHL: <\/strong>This is no surprise, but the level of play seemed absolutely unchanged, both in last summer\u2019s bubble and this year\u2019s uniquely configured four-division system. That\u2019s because 99.9 percent of all hockey players will play with equal intensity if it\u2019s Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals or a pickup game at an outdoor rink in Moose Jaw with a keg of beer as the stakes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PGA: <\/strong>I have to admit, I didn\u2019t miss the \u201cYou da man!\u201d guy even in the old days if I had the TV on mute, and I never once found myself distracted by the lack of galleries. Sure, something\u2019s missing on the 72nd hole of a major without a rousing crowd greeting, but it\u2019s been easy to overcome.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NBA: <\/strong>It\u2019s been a little more of an adjustment this year, with teams playing in their own arenas. But in the Florida bubble last summer, the extraordinary level of play \u2014 helped by the lack of onerous <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> and what seemed to be a wonderful shooting background \u2014 carried the day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>MLB: <\/strong>Yes, the cardboard cutouts limited the depressing look to many games. The electronically-added crowds were sometimes silly but sometimes welcome. It was early, so the fake crowd noise wasn\u2019t perfected and seemed especially fake. But as someone who actually covered some games in person, I can attest: The TV experience was at least 90 percent more enjoyable than being at the empty ballparks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NCAA Football:<\/strong> Honestly, most of the games you wanted to see were played in places where there haven\u2019t exactly been arduous <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>-distance commitments, so it almost seems unfair to put this in here. Still, like the NFL, the product itself is still fine, even in those stadiums that were echoing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tennis:<\/strong> The difference between the Australian Open, where there was a limited amount of spectators, and the U.S. Open \u2014 which felt like tennis being played at the bottom of the Grand Canyon \u2014 was extraordinary. Good for the folks in Queens for grinding through, but that was the one sports event this year where I was constantly aware that nobody was there. It was hard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>College basketball:<\/strong> That last part? It <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lies to college hoops, too. So much of the sport\u2019s appeal is the visceral gameday experience. Without that, the games can still be fun to watch \u2014 St. John\u2019s renaissance has been a blast the past few weeks \u2014 but without pep bands, student sections and a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly raucous environment, it\u2019s been a long, hard road.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vacs_Whacks\"><\/span>Vac\u2019s Whacks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The New York State Baseball Hall of Fame announced this week that it will induct both Jay Horwitz and his longtime friend and colleague, the late Shannon Forde, this November. Which only shows the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame has a perfect understanding of what the definition of \u201cHall of Famer\u201d is. Bravo.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>Stop staring at my coach, Boston College.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>Maybe there are better ways to introduce yourself to a new fan base, but Taijuan Walker posting a bottle of GTS 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Seaver Vineyards looks to be the new gold standard from where I sit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"\/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>It\u2019s freezing, and it feels like we\u2019re living in a real-life snow globe \u2026 but knowing that DJ LeMahieu will soon be spraying line drives into the Tampa sunshine makes it all seem 25 percent more bearable, somehow.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whack_Back_at_Vac\"><\/span>Whack Back at Vac<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Larry Wigbels: <\/strong>Remember \u201cSpahn and Sain &amp; pray for rain\u201d or \u201cTanana and Ryan &amp; two days of cryin\u2019?\u201d With the 2021 Yankees we\u2019ve got \u201cCole \u2026 and then the Black Hole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vac:<\/strong> Note to self: Try to figure out words that rhyme with \u201cKluber\u201d and \u201cTaillon\u201d in the next few months, just in case.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><strong>Sam Tee:<\/strong> For all the talk of New York not being a college sports town, there\u2019s still a certain buzz when St. John\u2019s is winning games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vac:<\/strong> The Johnnies are the exception to the rule, and a welcome one. If they ever become top-10 regulars again, you\u2019ll want to be at the Garden for every big game again, just like back in the day.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p><strong>@scottwilli75: <\/strong>If someone has to wear Naismith Hall of Famer Carl Braun\u2019s No. 4 jersey at least it\u2019s a real player like Derrick Rose. I hope the Knicks will one day retire 4, 8 (Nat Clifton), 9 (Richie Guerin) and 30 (Bernard King). These legendary Hall of Fame players deserve it.<\/p>\n<p>@MikeVacc: As regular readers of this column know, I\u2019m now in Year 15 of trying to get Bernard\u2019s No. 30 sent to the rafters, but this year does beg a question: Does Julius Randle playing with that number, as well as he has, which invites many mentions of King that would not normally happen, almost honor King\u2019s legacy as much as a retired jersey would?<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><strong>Brian Augello:<\/strong> In your article about championships, you left out Frankie Crosetti, Yankees legend. He wasn\u2019t on the level of Jordan and Yogi, but he won 17 championships \u2014 eight as a player, nine as a coach. A remarkable career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vac: <\/strong>And that\u2019s one record, for sure, you can mark down in ink. Won\u2019t ever be approached.\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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