I think both this, the parent comment, and a fair amount of other comments on this post are unnecessarily harsh towards the designers. Pointing out design issues is always helpful for improvement and reiteration, but attacking their motivations just makes everyone hostile and gets nothing accomplished.

It appears that the hostility stems from a deep misunderstanding of football, the current UX and why it evolved the way it has.

You can hardly blame the community for reacting harshly when presented with a product they never asked for claiming that their current experience is somehow broken when it is not.

The worst part is the new UX is sub-standard.

I think you are correct

It's expected from a design work a much deeper understanding of the issue at hand (and current practices and conventions)

This design work is not aware of a lot of things in soccer AND TV production.

"Let's make something flat" what does this has to do with soccer: nothing.

Seriously? I've yet to come across a redesign presented on here that wasn't immediately shot down and trampled on.