I think announcers are excited by the sound of their own voices and are probably very happy to hear it again :)

Baseball has tried the same thing. I dunno. Fake noise doesn’t really bother me, but it feels weird to me. We know nobody is there, so why try to put on this charade? Lmao 😂

Btw, the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL were under investigation for piping in fake crowd noise a few years back to make their stadium even louder. That was super weird.

I really don’t like the fake noise - much prefer to hear the players shout at each other and the commentators (well most commentators)

The fake cheering on the Houston tv channel last pm sounded like loud irritating static. It drowned out the broadcaster. I will try another channel this pm if there is one. Unfortunately I need the commentary or I would just turn the sound off and just watch the game. I hope this message hits the right ears and there will be changes.