FOX pumping fake crowd noise into their broadcasts during sporting events without fans is very possible.
In fact, lead play-by-play announcer Joe Buck---who was interviewed with Sirius XM's Andy Cohen---said it is "pretty much a done deal."
"It's pretty much a done deal," said Buck. "I think whoever's gonna be at that control is going to have to be very good at their job and be realistic with how a crowd would react depending on what just happened on the field. It's really important. Then on top of that, they're looking at ways to put virtual fans in the stands."
Angelo Cataldi reacted to Buck's comments on today's 94WIP Morning Show, calling virtual fans and fake noise "dishonest."
"I want a record of this (COVID-19 period in sports)," Cataldi said. "I want to be able to show this to other generations and say, 'This is what were dealing with.' We had sports and nobody was there."
Rhea Hughes says she likes the idea.
"To me, it's all about energy," Hughes said. "To me, I need that energy. I feed off of it. You need to have something. To me, it would just be way too tepid."
Buck explained his comments on Twitter after a lot of polarizing opinions and reaction surfaced.
Recently, in an interview with Peter King, Dr. Fauci said, "I think it's feasible that negative-testing players could play to an empty stadium. Is it guaranteed? No way."
