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Barrett agrees the way sports is broadcast is probably going to change forever

Chuck Barrett hasn’t had to deal with doing several hours of live sports talk on the radio without any games going on but he has a pretty good idea of how he would handle it.

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Chuck Barrett hasn’t had to deal with doing several hours of live sports talk on the radio without any games going on but he has a pretty good idea of how he would handle it.

“I’ve got the advantage because I grew up in Arkansas and I would have talked about every game I’d seen,” he told Phil Elson, Matt Jenkins and Matt Travis (Halftime) on ESPN Arkansas Tuesday. “It’s difficult right now. You’ve gotta keep delivering the mail every day and that’s how it works.”

During this current health crisis, television networks have changed the way they’re covering sports with announcers not actually at the game but in a studio back home.

My first thought was “uh-oh” when I heard about that. Let me be clear — I don’t really care one way or the other, but watching the advances in technology it’s something you could see coming a mile away.

Whether anybody likes it or not is going to be a personal opinion.

“We’re going to see more and more of this,” Barrett said. “That’s one of the things in our business that’s going to change and won’t change back. That’s kind of the way the world works now.

“I’m not going to say I think it’s great but that’s the way we’re headed. Television has a little advantage because they let the picture tell the story.

“It’s going to be interesting to see how we evolve as a business.”

Auto racing started it last weekend with NASCAR getting under way and continues Tuesday and Wednesday evenings during a hectic schedule of seven races in 11 days.

A golf deal with Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady will be played this weekend with the announcers back in a studio.

I’m not really sure how that would play out on radio, but it came off okay for television. It has changed the face of television with more and more interviews via different platforms.

Press conferences have gone on Zoom or teleconference. While it’s not perfect the system seems to be much better than nothing.

With the NCAA’s expected announcement Wednesday of green-lighting teams to have players back on campus in June (and the SEC to announce something Friday), we have no idea how things are going to work in the media.

But it will be different.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (19)9-02711
2.Conway (7)9-02522
3.Greenwood (2)9-02213
4.Little Rock Parkview8-11804
5.Bentonville6-31575
6.Benton8-11386
7.Fayetteville7-21057
8.Pulaski Academy7-2978
9.Rogers6-3389
10.Mountain Home8-129
Others receiving votes: Joe T Robinson 12, Elkins 7, LR Catholic 7, Shiloh Christian 7, Valley View 7, Cabot 6, Marion 4, LR Christian 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (21)9-01331
2.Conway (7)9-01192
3.Bentonville6-3783
4.Fayetteville7-2504
5.Pulaski Academy7-2335
Others receiving votes: Rogers 7.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (28)9-01401
2.Benton8-11122
3.Mountain Home8-1775
4.Shiloh Christian6-3353
5.Little Rock Catholic8-128
Others receiving votes: Marion 24.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (27)8-11391
2.Joe T. Robinson8-11022
3.Valley View (1)9-0943
4.Farmington8-1435
5.Hot Springs Lakeside7-2214
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 8, Harding Academy 8, Morrilton 3, Vilonia 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (18)9-01291
2.Little Rock Mills (4)9-0753
3.Arkadelphia (3)7-2712
4.Warren7-2594
5.Malvern (3)9-0485
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 18, Southside Batesville 13, Mena 6, Highland 1.
CLASS 3A
1.Bismarck (11)9-01081
Fordyce (11)9-01082
3.Osceola (3)7-1654
4.Prescott (2)8-1603
5.Booneville (1)8-1275
Others receiving votes: Mansfield 20, Rivercrest 20, Charleston 4, Rison 9, Mayflower 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (24)9-01351
2.Conway Christian (3)9-01102
3.Bigelow (1)7-2724
4.Murfreesboro7-2535
5.Des Arc7-2283
Others receiving votes: East Poinsett County 8, Marked Tree 4, Cross County 3, Poyen 3, Junction City 2, Mount Ida 2.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (27)5-0831
2.Midland (1)8-0542
3.Cedar Ridge8-1273
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 4.

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