ESPN tweaks its ‘BoogMobile’ after complaints that Booger McFarland’s mobile chair obstructed views

ESPN is hoping that it fixed its Booger problem after NFL fans complained that the mobile viewing chair used by sideline reporter and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Anthony ‘Booger’ McFarland during Monday Night Football broadcasts was blocking their view of the field.

The BoogMobile, as it’s known, is a chair attached to a vehicle that drives up and down the sideline during Monday Night Football games and gives McFarland a bird’s-eye view of the field. Before the season, ESPN anticipated that McFarland would block fans’ views, so the network attached a television monitor to the back of the chair, to give everyone an idea of what they were missing.

The problem was that the monitor showed the game on a slight delay, so fans that paid premium prices for seats in the lower bowl were understandably upset by the situation.

ESPN thought it was solving a problem by attaching the monitor to the back of McFarland’s ‘BoogMobile,’ but the game was shown on a tape delay, so fans were less than thrilled 

License Plate Guy – a well-known New York Giants fan named Joseph Ruback who wears a chain of personalized license plates around his neck during games – attacked ESPN for obstructing his view with the BoogMobile in Atlanta on October 22 (right) 

The BoogMobile also obstructed views in Chicago during a September 2 game against Seattle

During Monday’s game between the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills, however, that monitor was replaced with transparent plexiglass.

A Rochester-based radio host named ‘Duffy’ announced the change on Twitter: ‘The #ESPN BoogerMobile has switched from giant tv background to clear glass background.#GoBills’

Typically front-row seats in NFL stadiums offer partially obstructed views, but the BoogMobile took things a step further with its large television monitor attached behind McFarland’s chair

License Plate Guy – a well-known New York Giants fan named Joseph Ruback who wears a chain of personalized license plates around his neck during games – attacked ESPN on Twitter a week earlier.

‘Can’t say I didn’t have a good view of that freaking shot right there,’ Ruback tweeted during the Giants’ loss to the Atlanta Falcons on October 22. ‘Ridiculous. Booger, get out of the freaking way!’

McFarland is in his first season on Monday Night Football, and his presence has generated a few notable moments – specifically when he confessed to urinating on his uniform during games.

‘These diva wide receivers want to go to the bathroom — as a defensive lineman, we didn’t go to the bathroom,’ McFarland said. ‘You sat on the bench, did your business and you got up.’

As mischievous child, McFarland’s mother and sister began calling him ‘Booger’ and the named followed him to Louisiana State and on to the NFL.

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