Why do they give athletes tv jobs?

[joe cool]

These guys aren't personalities and it's just awkward and uncomfortable listening to them speak a lot of the time. Their all bursting out of their suits with their huge bodies (pause) and talking about some nonsense that doesn't even make sense half the time. There are a few good ones like Deion and Steve Young who are made for tv but for the most part they stink.

 

[King Jove]

Because nobody cares what some 90 pound cac who never played a snap of real football has to say about football.

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

"I mean come on…whats the deal?"

 

[joe cool]

"I mean come on…whats the deal?"

Well i'm bored with no football and looking for something to talk about.

 

[DrX]

its sucks both ways....the broadcasters are more polished but boring and never played sports


the athletes have real experience , but they're boring too and unpolished

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Tony Gonzalez is horrible.

Steve Young has never brought anything to a show. Not even a lil entertaining.

 

[jadillac]

WTH?

I mean yeah not all of them are great, but the great ones are all ex-players.

And if they didn't hire former athletes, there'd pretty much be no Black analyst on TV.

 

[Oskar Kokoshka]

marshall faulk is legit.

Shannon Sharpe horrible though

 

[pickles]

So you want "personalities" to speak about a game they have never played professionally?

What about them makes you uncomfortable?

One star thread.

Negged.

 

[joe cool]

Well what happened to the funny athletes like on Best Damn sports show

 

[unit321]

These guys aren't personalities and it's just awkward and uncomfortable listening to them speak a lot of the time. Their all bursting out of their suits with their huge bodies (pause) and talking about some nonsense that doesn't even make sense half the time. There are a few good ones like Deion and Steve Young who are made for tv but for the most part they stink.

Because they think that former players (and former coaches) will be able to speak elaborately on some football-related details. They think they are subject matter experts so they bring them on. Some are good at playing the game, and aren't eloquent in front of the camera.

The flipside of this is seeing women sports reporters talking about this and that... like they've actually played the game or something like that. You just want to see a woman who went to college for communication and be able to interview people and read from a cue card, then you can have that too.

 

[th_412]

These guys aren't personalities and it's just awkward and uncomfortable listening to them speak a lot of the time. Their all bursting out of their suits with their huge bodies (pause) and talking about some nonsense that doesn't even make sense half the time. There are a few good ones like Deion and Steve Young who are made for tv but for the most part they stink.

I don't think pause is enough in this case breh u mighta went a lil too far

 

[thewiz]

Because nobody cares what some 90 pound cac who never played a snap of real football has to say about football.

This..

 

[MikelArteta]

I'd rather listen to someone who played or coach analyzing. Than some john Clayton looking cac, or sr analytic hipster

 

[tremonthustler1]

I'd rather listen to someone who played or coach analyzing. Than some john Clayton looking cac, or sr analytic hipster

Does it really matter?

If you know your shyt, you know your shyt.