I was going to start this blog entry as follows: “Few things irritate me more than bad NFL announcers.” However, given that so many things irritate me, I guess I have to say that bad NFL announcers are just among the things that irritate me. As bad as some NFL announcers are, they are all […]
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I was going to start this blog entry as follows: “Few things irritate me more than bad NFL announcers.” However, given that so many things irritate me, I guess I have to say that bad NFL announcers are just among the things that irritate me. As bad as some NFL announcers are, they are all better than John Edwards so I guess everything is relative.
All that being said, ESPN made a very wise choice in removing Joe Theisman from the Monday Night Football lineup. Monday Night Football was dramatically downgraded this last year after the most recent NFL TV contracts. ESPN won the right to MNF; however, NBC had already grabbed the rights to televise the premier games on Sunday nights. ESPN used to have the Sunday night game which, while nationally televised, was never as good of a game as MNF. That was all reversed in the latest contract. ESPN essentially moved its mediocre Sunday night game to Monday night (and paid a boatload of money so it could keep its contractual promises to the cable companies that carry it) while NBC got better games on the more convenient Sunday night. Theisman just came over from the Sunday night game and that was a big mistake.
I find myself screaming “Shut Up” at Theisman during his broadcasts which only serves to make me seem even crazier in the eyes of my family and friends. But Theisman, plus the relatively lame match-ups this last season and the fatigue from Sunday, made me stay away from MNF for most of the season. Hopefully, now I will be able to tune in again while not having to yell at the TV.
Written by randomfool on March 26th, 2007 with
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