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ESPN's obsession with yellow graphics during football games
Posted on 10/2/21 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 10/2/21 at 12:47 pm
This gets brought up all the time, but it continues to just be one of the dumbest recurring production aspects from a network known for dumbass recurring things.
Real question, who at ESPN thinks it's a good idea to place a giant yellow box on the lower right corner of a football broadcast, so it looks like there is a flag on every play from your peripheral vision?? The network also uses yellow lettering and graphics on its MNF broadcast and even thought using gold graphics on the national title game last year was a stellar idea. They simply keep doing it.
There's obviously a reason no other network uses any shade of yellow unless they are indicating a flag.

Real question, who at ESPN thinks it's a good idea to place a giant yellow box on the lower right corner of a football broadcast, so it looks like there is a flag on every play from your peripheral vision?? The network also uses yellow lettering and graphics on its MNF broadcast and even thought using gold graphics on the national title game last year was a stellar idea. They simply keep doing it.
There's obviously a reason no other network uses any shade of yellow unless they are indicating a flag.
Posted on 10/2/21 at 12:48 pm to Jack Ruby
and why does the ticker need to be so big
Posted on 10/2/21 at 12:51 pm to Jack Ruby
Real question is, why do we still have to have a running ticker in 2021 when everyone has a phone? Get rid of everything except for the score, down and clock.
Posted on 10/2/21 at 12:54 pm to WestCoastAg
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and why does the ticker need to be so big
Why does it need to exist at all? We all have devices that allow us to instantly check the status of every event in the world. It hogs the bottom of my screen and spoils DVR’d games.
Posted on 10/2/21 at 12:54 pm to PhilipMarlowe
that was their basketball set up in 2017 and 18 and it was so nice


Posted on 10/2/21 at 12:57 pm to Jack Ruby
They made the down market for Monday night footballs opener a few years ago a yellow solid block background. Every single play my brain kept thinking flag. It’s infuriating. How a producer or someone smart doesn’t come and say cut it out is infuriating. So dumb.
Posted on 10/2/21 at 12:58 pm to WestCoastAg
Our tvs keep getting bigger so they make the ticker bigger
Posted on 10/2/21 at 12:59 pm to WestCoastAg
Why are two FSU players face planting into the ground?
Posted on 10/2/21 at 1:00 pm to jlovel7
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They made the down market for Monday night footballs opener a few years ago a yellow solid block background. Every single play my brain kept thinking flag. It’s infuriating. How a producer or someone smart doesn’t come and say cut it out is infuriating. So dumb.
To be fair, it's an ad so if it's drawing your eyes constantly it's working.
Posted on 10/2/21 at 1:03 pm to WestCoastAg
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and why does the ticker need to be so big
When they minimize it to show stats it’s perfect
Posted on 10/2/21 at 1:13 pm to WestCoastAg
There's less yellow in the the basketball graphic (none) than their football graphics. And in bball, it doenst even matter because there are no flags...
Posted on 10/2/21 at 1:25 pm to Jack Ruby
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There's obviously a reason no other network uses any shade of yellow unless they are indicating a flag.
CBS does that shite with LSU. When there's a down change or LSU related stat update they use a yellow splash and its infuriating because you automatically think it's a flag.
Posted on 10/2/21 at 1:40 pm to BCLA
Fox also highlights yellow/gold around the Saints logo so it always looks like they have possession
Posted on 10/2/21 at 2:11 pm to Speedy G
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Why does it need to exist at all? We all have devices that allow us to instantly check the status of every event in the world. It hogs the bottom of my screen and spoils DVR’d games.
Just flipped over to the ND/Cincy game with no ticker and it does look nice and clean
Posted on 10/2/21 at 2:27 pm to Jack Ruby
They do it intentionally to trick your brain into thinking a flag was thrown (even if for just a split second) because it keeps you paying attention to the screen on the wall rather than the screen in your hand.
Posted on 10/3/21 at 3:48 pm to The Easter Bunny
CBS ticker has been alternating b/w two games for last 10 minutes.
Posted on 10/3/21 at 3:56 pm to PhilipMarlowe
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Real question is, why do we still have to have a running ticker in 2021 when everyone has a phone? Get rid of everything except for the score, down and clock.
This x 1000. It’s a relic of the 90’s and it’s pointless now.
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