The NFL announced its full 2020 regular season schedule last week and it does not look like fans will be gathering by the thousands in September due to the coronavirus pandemic to watch these games.
FOX play-by-play man Joe Buck spoke with Andy Cohen this week and revealed that his network is already set on what they will do in empty stadiums.
The plan is to pump crowd noise into the broadcast and have virtual fans in the stands as well.
“It’s pretty much a done deal,” Buck told Cohen, per John Ourand. “I think whoever is going to be at that control is going to have to be really good at their job and be realistic with how a crowd would react depending on what just happened on the field. So it’s really important. And then on top of that…they’re looking at ways to put virtual fans in the stands, so when you see a wide shot it looks like the stadium is jam-packed and in fact it’ll be empty.”
The UFC has already shown what it will look like without fans in seats and it is was very successful with UFC 249 over the weekend.
