Seems to me ESPN is being penny wise and pound foolish.
Which proverb it turns out, at least according to The Google, was coined by some guy named Robert Burton. When I was so very sure it was Willie the Shakes.
Anyhow, the World Wide Leader has obviously made a decision not to send its go to Friday Night college pigskin announcing crews to the stadiums where the games are actually being contested. Instead having the guys who ought to be in the booth calling games from their own dens.
More’s the pity.
Which saying again is also not attributed to the Bard, but some Olde English writer of the 16th C.