With the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, Orlando separates from three historical commentators

If the Kings and Hornets have parted with commentators over accusations of racism, it is much more prosaically money problems that have resulted in three starts for Orlando.

The franchise has just announced that the contracts of Dennis Neumann, Richie Adubato and Joey Colón would not be renewed. The first two commented on the matches on the radio, in English, while the third did it for the radio in Spanish. Between them, they worked for 66 years for the Florida club …

“Our company, and many others like it, continue to be affected by the pandemic”, Magic CEO Alex Martins told The Athletic. “We had to make some very difficult business decisions in these unprecedented times, and we made the difficult decision to reorganize our efforts on radio. In the future, we will simultaneously broadcast our matches on radio and television. “

The Magic, which had already separated from 10% of its employees, will therefore continue to downsize by using the sound of TV commentators for radio broadcasting.

In his 29th season with Orlando, Dennis Neumann was the club’s main radio commentator, in English, for 22 years. Former coach and assistant, Richie Adubato had accompanied him for 15 years, even if his role had been reduced in recent seasons to home games. For his part, Joey Colón had also been in place for 22 years.

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