An un-American question...

[grumpyduck]

Does anyone else find football announcers and commentators annoying? That tone of voice all the time -- I can just imagine them at home:

"HONEY, THE CAT WANTS TO GO OUT. HE'S PAWING AT THE DOOR... TURNS AROUND... FADES BACK... BACK TO THE DOOR... BACK AND FORTH... HE'S JUMPING FOR THE HANDLE... "

Meanwhile the color commentator: "This is the fifth time this week Fluffy has tried that play. He's really made an improvement from when he was a kitten... "

Suddenly: "HE JUMPED HALFWAY UP THE DOOR... HE REALLY WANTS OUT... "

I dunno, I've never been all that much of a sports fan, but I can figure out for myself what's happening. Turning the volume down helps, but wondering if anyone else here feels the same way.

[rurallib]

1. oh gawd yes. Annoying and very unoriginal and trite

between the commercials and the inane announcers most sports are almost unwatchable anymore.

[LakeArenal]

6. One we heard say: The Big Key in this second half is for XXXX to score more points.

But now we have to listen to announcers in Spanish. The scream just like it’s soccer. On every play. Then might yell....
Tooooch Dohn

[rurallib]

9. ROFLMAO

[ZenDem]

2. Holy crap...

...I'm at work...it's dead quiet...

...except when I read "HE JUMPED HALFWAY UP THE DOOR... HE REALLY WANTS OUT... "

...and snorted. Not sure whether to , , or

[grumpyduck]

8. I didn't realize my OP was NSFW.

[Aristus]

3. I've been saying for years that the sports networks all think that the key

to 'authenticity' in color commentary is to hire a guy with a Southern accent.

Which usually yields 'colorful' commentary like: "Jew see hee-im kitch 'at bawl?"

[Sherman A1]

4. Don't really know how to answer that

I stopped watching sports in the 1970s.

[Lars39]

5. We were switching back between soccer and football.

Soccer commentary is so laid back compared to the excitable loud mouth “hair on fire” football commentators. Even the fans sound different.

[sanatanadharma]

7. GOOOOOOOOOOOO...

...OOOOOOLLLLLL

[zanana1]

10. HAH!

[634-5789]

11. Yes.

Every ball game is marred with blather and so called stats that NOBODY could give a red rat's ass about. This also goes for baseball, and the WORST is college football.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

12. No.

Next question.

[MiHale]

13. I just tune them out...

It’s possible… I practice with my dearly beloved wife’s requests.

[malthaussen]

14. For a very long time, now.

The vacuity and asininity of the announcers is one of the main reasons I don't watch the sport anymore. Commercials is the other. Oh, and I suppose I should also note that the rules changes over the years (especially the Instant Replay rule) have made the game a lot less fun for me to watch.

Fortunately, there are a number of videos on YT from a time when I actually enjoyed watching the game. Even though I know the outcome, it doesn't affect the aesthetic pleasure of watching the great plays being made.

-- Mal