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NFL Fans Are Pissed ESPN Is Using Yellow In The MNF Down-And-Distance Graphic

September 9, 2019

Last season many people criticized ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcasting crew of Joe Tessitore, Booger McFarland and Jason Witten.

Fans in the stadium were angry about the “Booger Mobile” that blocked many and view. Meanwhile, Witten struggled so much in the broadcast booth that he bounced after one season and returned to the Cowboys.

This year, fans are pissed at ESPN over their graphic presentation.

The Worldwide Leader in Sports rolled out a new graphic package for the Siants-Texans game, including a new scoreboard. yet, the scoreboard graphic is confusing a lot of people because the down-and-distance graphic is yellow and it makes people think there’s a flag thrown on every play.

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RT this if you want @ESPN to change the color of the down and distance graphic on MNF.

We must stop this horrendous yellow penalty flag pump fake.
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) September 9, 2019

Looking at ESPN’s yellow downs counter trying to figure out if it’s a flag or just the next down pic.twitter.com/VXybMW1rWf
— SI Extra Mustard (@SI_ExtraMustard) September 9, 2019

(Watching #MNF)

*Runs Play*
“Flag”
“Nope, 2nd Down”

*Runs Play*
“Flag”
“Nope, 3rd Down”

*Runs Play*
“Flag”
“Nope, 4th Down”

ESPN needs to fire whoever chose this yellow-green color for the ticker.
— Corey Lloyd (@CLoSkills) September 10, 2019

This yellow down and distance graphic #ESPN is going with was a bad choice
— Chris Spooner (@CSpoonerPFN) September 9, 2019

ESPN prod asst: "Everyone's complaining about the yellow graphics."

ESPN director: "LET'S DO MORE!" pic.twitter.com/wllpOTXO99
— Heavens! (@HeavensFX) September 10, 2019

ESPN, making the decision to use "penalty flag yellow" as the main accent color on their broadcast scoreboard graphic: pic.twitter.com/CHK34ufDng
— Tom Downey (@WhatGoingDowney) September 9, 2019

Like 80 percent of my timeline has complained about the ESPN down and distance marker being bright yellow and therefore looking like the usual graphic for “the ref threw a flag” and I really have no idea how multiple people looked at that and approved it.
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 9, 2019

.@espn please take this yellow-green down-and-distance color and throw it into the ocean. It looks like a flag pic.twitter.com/jNyMSY7kZA
— Riley McAtee (@RileyMcAtee) September 9, 2019

Ugh why is ESPN still using yellow rectangles on the score bug to indicate the down. It looks like there’s a flag every time and my dumb brain can’t handle it 😩
— Jessica Smetana (@jessica_smetana) September 9, 2019

Hey @espn

Yellow is for flags

Other colors are for other things
— Stuckey (@Stuckey2) September 9, 2019

The huge yellow down and distance on the ESPN broadcast is making me think there’s a flag on every play. #MNF pic.twitter.com/k9HoyHuOPN
— Ilario Huober (@itsme_ilario) September 10, 2019

Luckily, ESPN has heard the complaints and are already prepared to make changes. Unfortunately, that can’t be done until next week:

I’m told from by a producer at a rival network that he doesn’t think ESPN will be able to change the yellow color in down and distance until next week.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) September 9, 2019