Free start-up idea: Twitch.tv for sports commentating. Everyone hates the announcers for proffesional sports, why not have a platform for user-commentators? Mute my TV and have Joe Shcmoe commentate an NFL game by streaming the audio through my phone's speakers.
Most major sports teams claim copyright over "accounts" and "Descriptions of the game". Now, this may not be copyright-able, but I'd give it a 90%+ chance they would sue your brand new startup if you tried something like that...
Yeah that would definitely be a problem for the bigger leagues like the NFL. But I think smaller leagues (MMA, MLS, non-mainstream sports) could embrace the extra viewers.
Andy Roddick started commentating tennis over periscope and its absolutely amazing. He pulled in sponsors for the US Open and provided insight on players thats extremely tough to find elsewhere.
If this guy loves being an announcer to the point that they'll do kid's soccer or hockey, why not try announcing for something like esports? I'm surprised more pro's haven't seen the opportunity and moved into it.
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Amazingly enough several colleges actually offer Bachelors degrees in sports broadcasting now. I have a feeling that they're setting up the majority of their students for disappointment.
I no longer have a proper surround system, but when I was able to mute the center speaker to create the effect. Not sure if broadcasters have changed their mix to prevent this from being possible.
One day I had turned on the television and found a MLB game as an interim choice while I found something else to watch. I didn't know, but my center channel's wiring had gone loose from moving speakers around. There were no announcers and it was so... wonderful. It was peaceful and I'll even say it was relaxing. For the first time in my life I enjoyed professional baseball... and kept it on. Ever since, I wonder why providers don't offer announcer muting.
