I am a very home grown sports fan in Chicago. South Side. That means White Sox (though I don’t mind if the Cubbies go all the way as long as they don’t beat the White Sox in the process), da Bears, and the Bulls. The violence that has been the mainstay of pro-hockey has turned me off mostly, though I do like the prices and atmosphere of a considerably less expensive Kane County Cougars game every once in awhile.

However, I do not live and die from game to game, unlike some. So for me, the need to have games broadcast to my cell phone is non-existent.

I will probably change my thinking on this when the 2005 World Champion White Sox hit the playoffs on their way to taking the 2006 Championship, unless it turns out that you cannot see the darned ball on the screen, or tell a ball from a strike. In that case, what’s the point? You might as well get a small portable TV with batteries.

Does that mean that my lack of interest should squelch what looks like a highly profitable source of income for the cell industry? With the amount of illegal sports gambling going on in this country, I don’t think they have anything to worry about, though they probably should consider a scores update channel or some way for sports viewers to inexpensively switch from game to game, just like TV. Then they will really have them.

It’s a good thing that these are U.S. companies and can’t take bets too. LOL

Peter,
Chief Spell Wrecker, The Peter Files Blog of Commentary and Comedy

It depends, I am not a big enough sports fan personally, but I can understand the appeal.

When I used to work in an oil refinery, we had a huge bill from calls to the UK equivalent to a 900 number. We called the number and it turned out to be a live cricket reportage. We got a radio that covered long wave transmissions for the finance director and the calls stopped.

In order for sport to work on a mobile device the content needs to be adapted for that format, think about how hard it is to follow many ball sports like tennis, cricket, baseball or an ice hocky puck. If the media adapts to these limitations we could see a new golden age of sports reporting not seen since the golden days of radio.