TBH it is a bit hard for clubs to find the $2500-$4000 to start with, then ask players, friends and family to fork out their hard-earned, when these things keep happening.
We've had whole games go missing, techs turn up to the wrong field, and even a guy running late one week.
I feel you mate - in fairness to them, I've quantified the gear in a normal setup from past experiences and you're looking about $5-10K upfront, plus operator costs, plus subscriptions to things like the score graphics and even the stream bonding for reliability (hold your laughter if you've never tried to stream from a mobile hotspot). It isn't cheap and, yes, while you can spread the costs across multiple games, it's a massive investment for relatively small return.
That said, I have to say that there have been more issues this season than I can recall since we got on in 2021. The stream setup in the back-end seems to be a bespoke setup compared to 2020-2024, primarily using LIGR graphics and pretty standard front-end web stuff. This year, they seem to have taken a lot in-house, I assume, to save on costs. Unfortunately, the scalability and reliability has suffered.
Remember, if this mob don't stream our games, we probably go back to being just in the park on Saturday. Horses for courses, I guess.
SA Rugby union had the same issue can confirm.
Yep - all the graphics will be done live in the cloud. No stream = no graphics unless you edit them in yourself. Guess what I get to do this evening and probably most of tomorrow for our club?
