Inside Sport Japan 762 Posted June 23, 2023 We're hearing that despite Covid protocols being removed NHK does not (for budgetary reasons) intend to bring color commentators back to the live English sumo broadcasts. It will continue with the four play-by-play men (Murray, Hiro, Ross, and Raja) alone in the booth 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Shatterhand is dead 29 Posted June 23, 2023 What is color commentator??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inside Sport Japan 762 Posted June 23, 2023 14 minutes ago, Old Shatterhand is dead said: What is color commentator??? Color commentator 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaijingai 1,583 Posted June 23, 2023 Major bummer! The color guys bring so much more information to the broadcast. They are also someone for the four announcers to bounce things off of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junsan 192 Posted June 24, 2023 I remember during some older broadcasts they would bring in the film critic Mark Schilling to do CC. He was utterly horrible at it! -2 stars out of 4. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tigerboy1966 1,449 Posted June 24, 2023 I remember John Gunning in this role, but no others spring to mind. Demon Kakka maybe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhyen 1,842 Posted June 25, 2023 The late (& much esteemed) Doreen Simmons? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themistyseas 242 Posted June 25, 2023 With the greatest respect to the others in the game, while I have a lot of respect for anyone who has gone on the air to talk about sumo in English especially in the years where we were content starved, nobody else doing this could lay a finger on Gunning in terms of insight and analysis. It's a shame they haven't found a way at least to put JG on the air on the handful of days (shonichi, nakabi, senshuraku) that they do Grand Sumo Live on the English feed as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryafuji 815 Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) On 23/06/2023 at 03:41, Old Shatterhand is dead said: What is color commentator??? An Americanism Personally I prefer "analyst" or "summariser." Edited June 25, 2023 by ryafuji 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yamanashi 3,866 Posted June 26, 2023 6 hours ago, ryafuji said: An Americanism Personally I prefer "analyst" or "summariser." The original idea of "color commentary" was to have a former player or coach (NFL, baseball, etc.) react to the play from a participant's perspective, with anecdotes or specialist knowledge -- i.e. give "color" to the broadcast. Oyakata as second announcers are proper "color commentators." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
