Why Do Sports Announcers Sound Like Such Idiots?
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Why Do Sports Announcers Sound Like Such Idiots?
I'm working on the computer with the Olympic Women's Badminton Singles on television behind me: Canada's Anna Rice vs. USA's Eva Lee.
In game 2 Lee had pulled ahead of Rice, so one of the erudite announcers observed that Lee now wanted to make sure that she kept the shuttle in the court.
Dead brill!
That's nothing compared to his next comment, when he observed that Lee had just forced Rice to make another unforced error.
Where do they find these guys?
It's bad enough that we cannot watch the match without a split second of silence: they have to say something every instant. It's far more annoying when this continuous assault includes such drivel, platitudes, and, frequently, stupidity.
In game 2 Lee had pulled ahead of Rice, so one of the erudite announcers observed that Lee now wanted to make sure that she kept the shuttle in the court.
Dead brill!
That's nothing compared to his next comment, when he observed that Lee had just forced Rice to make another unforced error.
Where do they find these guys?
It's bad enough that we cannot watch the match without a split second of silence: they have to say something every instant. It's far more annoying when this continuous assault includes such drivel, platitudes, and, frequently, stupidity.
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Opening ceremonies last night were the same. 2008 drums playing and traditional music, and you cannot hear any of it because Bob Costas and company cannot just shut the hell up. 
This is not a sport, this is a CEREMONY!!! It does NOT need a play by play.
What a collection of complete morons!
This is not a sport, this is a CEREMONY!!! It does NOT need a play by play.
What a collection of complete morons!
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You're first mistake is even watching the Olympics. Irrelevant sports (except Basketball) that no one cares about. In this day and age when there is so many other things to do, the Olympics don't even appear on my radar. I'd rather read a How To on Knitting than watch that crap.
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Originally Posted by magician,Aug 9 2008, 06:08 PM
Yours is starting that sentence with "you're" instead of "your".
I enjoy badminton, equestrian, judo, tae kwon do, and volleyball; not coincidentally, they're all sports in which I have participated.
The problem is not unique to the Olympics: most football announcers, for example, sound like idiots. ("This would not be a good time for the Raiders to throw an interception," as if there were a good time to throw one.)
I enjoy badminton, equestrian, judo, tae kwon do, and volleyball; not coincidentally, they're all sports in which I have participated.
The problem is not unique to the Olympics: most football announcers, for example, sound like idiots. ("This would not be a good time for the Raiders to throw an interception," as if there were a good time to throw one.)
The announcers need to comment or they would be out of a job. The problem is this...mostly all of them state the obvious. One announcer that actually excels at his job is Jim Nantz. He never just fills air time with nonsense and often lets what people are watching be the "commentation" rather than words.
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Originally Posted by GPMike,Aug 9 2008, 03:12 PM
The announcers need to comment or they would be out of a job.
If not, let them at least say something approaching intelligent.
Originally Posted by GPMike,Aug 9 2008, 03:12 PM
One announcer that actually excels at his job is Jim Nantz.
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Originally Posted by magician,Aug 9 2008, 04:01 AM
It's bad enough that we cannot watch the match without a split second of silence: they have to say something every instant.
Realism FTW 