Now, I've always wondered this, and I'm asking UK CoSo for input. Why do commentators have this setup with the handheld microphones, rather than a combination headphone/mic?
@LiberalLibrarian
They speak into the box to shield the crowd noise...
They don't sit in boxes like US announcers do... They sit either near the maybe even within... Or up in the rafters...
But with directional mics... I'm thinking it's what they've always fine and still do...