I work in the tech start up world, and for awhile I was working to develop a system that would allow TV announcers and content creators to have their own type of announcing platform. A subscribe type of system that would allow sports fans and viewers to subscribe to announcers of their own choosing that would broadcast over the live games. Like a live podcast. The host could announce as they see fit, and the viewer (consumer) would be allowed to choose (follow) whomever they best like.
I literally got the idea one night when I just couldn’t listen to Chris Collinsworth sucking off Mahomes any longer. That start up idea had my heart, but after analyzing the challenges, especially in the legal department, it would’ve been very difficult to overcome, or atleast with my experience and resources. The NFL is not looking to give that control of the narrative away.
I eventually moved on to developing a bar payment system that was received well by inversions, so that has my focus today. I Still someday, would love to change and shake up the entire business model of sports broadcasting.
Amazon doing this is a positive development in terms of possibility. One of the bigger issues we faced, was creating a neutral platform that wouldn’t be interfered by the actual networks announcers (think drawing on the screen)
If they removed announcers completely, you could do this without the NFLs direct consent, by basically creating a systems that only broadcast over the games, without any direct business dealings with the NFL.
It just might be time to dip back into the idea.