Grinds My Gears #11 - No Time | Monday 2 April, 2012
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By Daniel Clark

After six years of tertiary education and numerous part-time positions within sport and recreation, Daniel secured an ideal full time role within local government in November 2010.

Away from work, Daniel has 18 years of cricket experience under his belt and has coached and served on committees at numerous clubs. He also plays baseball in winter and is again a member of the club committee.

Sport and recreation is an obvious interest for Daniel and his articles reflect that, especially his knowledge of cricket and football.

The owner, manager and editor in chief of Pen & Paper Sports, Daniel hopes to see the site grow from strength to strength in the future.

The latest version of Grinds My Gears sees Joel Clarke explore a crucial element missing in Channel 7's footy coverage...

In the 21st century of television broadcasting, you would think that Channel 7 could at least give fans the ability to see how long there is to go in a quarter, no matter their TV size. I mean for god sake, it’s not like you haven’t had the last 5 years to get it right. Thursday night, I constantly looked to see how long there was to go in the quarter and all I saw was the seconds. In the final stages of the 4th quarter, with Mitch Robinson running into goal and kicking truly, the siren sounded. As happy as I was, I had no idea of the time left. Then as Fremantle and Geelong played out an enthralling contest, I was unable to see how long was to go in the match.

Now, most other broadcasters have the time in the top left hand corner... ie: NFL, Soccer, Baseball etc.

Channel 7, can you please get this fixed?

I have a 110cm TV and can’t afford a bigger one. As much as I love Dennis Cometti and his brilliant calling, right now Channel 7 isn’t exactly centimetre perfect.

Please fix this - Either have the score box in the top left like Foxtel do, or move the timer to the right-hand side of the score.

JC

Image courtesy of Adelaide Now



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