Not at all the same, but the closest I have is being the lighting guy at fancy weddings. Guests would bribe us with cash or drinks to give them the scores. We were a bunch of theater nerds who didn’t follow sports, so we would just keep a dashboard of all scores. Some guy self hosted it at his house and when you clicked on a score it took you to some pirate stream of the game. On big game nights we would have a lot of dudes suddenly get very interested in how the lighting was setup and controlled. We made great tips off these rich guys. And when they needed lighting folks for their office Christmas parties they would call us in for it. For a couple of dweebs still in high school/college we made bank. I even remember my friends dad coming over and asking the score when I was hired for some charity event going on. When his wife came to grab him she recognized me and asked how I ended up working there at 16. “I uh,… I kinda part own this business.” shocked her. Apparently as my parents told it you would think I was putting up string lights at barn weddings.

I haven’t thought about those times in years. Even now doing arena shows people still ask for the scores. It’s more of a joke now with smart phones. In fact most guys are former sound or lighting guys just carrying the joke along. It’s one of those universal things we all experienced.