All-Star 2013 Pet Peeves

[Deleted member 28787]

I don't have an issue with the commentators for cheerleading as long as they're not getting anything wrong (when Amanda Borden called a group of roundoff handspring fulls "roundoff layouts"..........). Their commentary isn't there for us, the commentary is in place for people who don't know cheerleading, or don't know it well. They're putting it in lamest terms so the average viewer (though I doubt there are many for cheerleading on ESPN) can grasp SOMEWHAT what the sport is about. If they start talking about ball ups, tick tocks, whip doubles, full arounds, etc., the viewer is gonna get lost.

I totally disagree. I don't know what those things on the football or basketball programs are. We're no different. If people want to know then they should develop an interest in our sport instead of listening to commentators demean it with their word choice. But that's just my opinion. You made a very plausible argument as well.


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[SparkleSpankies]

Hahaha omg seriously!! If I hear one more person refer to a backhand spring as a "flip-flop" I'm climbing into that announcer booth myself

Isn't "flip flop" a very southern term? While it is a backhandspring, it's just lingo.

 

[SparkleSpankies]

Isn't "flip flop" a very southern term? While it is a backhandspring, it's just lingo.

Sorry didn't read far enough. I am having a stupid day here

 

[chyeeaaa69]

I totally disagree. I don't know what those things on the football or basketball programs are. We're no different. If people want to know then they should develop an interest in our sport instead of listening to commentators demean it with their word choice. But that's just my opinion. You made a very plausible argument as well.


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Basketball and football are generally a lot easier to understand for the average viewer than something like figure skating, gymnastics, acrobatics, or cheerleading. Objective sports don't need the same kind of commentary that subjective sports do. The average spectator could probably not watch two routines side-by-side and say why one won and the other lost, the commentators are there to add some kind of an insight into that without being completely specific to the point that the viewer doesn't understand.