Final season, Arizona State soccer followers expressed ire over FS1’s determination to have its asserting group remotely cowl a few of the Solar Devils’ video games on the station.

The angst returned with Fox Sports activities’ determination to have a distant broadcast for the ASU soccer vs. Wyoming Week 1 sport at Mountain America Stadium on Saturday night time.

Chris Myers had the play-by-play name of the sport and Petros Papadakis was the analyst, however they weren’t in Tempe for the non-conference school soccer sport.

That didn’t sit nicely with some writers overlaying the Arizona State soccer program or with followers of the group.

Whereas not unprecedented, networks selecting to broadcast video games remotely has change into extra frequent in recent times after being most prevalent in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nonetheless, many did not like that ASU’s first sport within the Massive 12 period did not have announcers within the stadium. ASU gained the sport over Wyoming, 48-7.

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Social media sounded off on distant broadcast for ASU soccer vs. Wyoming:

ASU soccer’s subsequent sport on Sept. 7 in opposition to Mississippi State is scheduled to air on ESPN. The Sept. 12 sport at Texas State is scheduled for ESPN.

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Attain Jeremy Cluff at jeremy.cluff@arizonarepublic.com. Comply with him on X, previously Twitter @Jeremy_Cluff.

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