My opinion is that you must have control of the mike. First, you don't want the media randomly listening in on your conversations. If they (or the viewers) only hear a part of it, they are likely to get the wrong idea about your conversation.
Also, if the mike is on all the time, it may not catch the officials saying something bad, but it may catch a player of coach in the middle of a tirade filled with F-bombs and whatnot. While the media might say "we can control that," what about the situation above where the new sound guy leaves the R's mike's volume on for the audience the entire game?
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