2014 nailed it
I thought the same thing. The context of where it’s put on the screen and how big it it is gives some amount of bias for blocking the actual content. I can see how the long narrow ones block less screen, but it just feels wrong. The height of it gets absorbed by how much off-field content there is in normal angles.
Also, making the flags a larger part of the imagery just feels better. Adding a bunch of background or borders diminishes the teams’ involvement in the whole event.
For me it’s the score and the time being visible at the same time
These all look like they have both all of the time. I agree though. Those are both huge context. Scoring a goal when it’s 15 minutes left and you’re down by 3 hits different than a 0-0 game.
Scorebug always had some personality. This year’s feels sterile.
