tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post8700650460679551101..comments2023-11-02T12:10:41.494-04:00Comments on Awful Announcing: A Big Sports Illustrated Faux Pas?DeROKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989933780728785428noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-54800350897316637222007-06-15T14:01:00.000-04:002007-06-15T14:01:00.000-04:00>> Even if it's only athletes...it's still ignoran...>> Even if it's only athletes...it's still ignorant. Most DID go to college.<BR/><BR/>Since when did you have to be "articulate" to go to college on an athletic scholarship? Heck, I know tons of inarticulate people that went to college, athletes and non-athletes.<BR/><BR/>Listen, I hear ya. It should go without saying that someone going into Announcing or Politics should be somewhat articulate...interruptedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043206982527387731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-45609494981683605292007-06-14T11:20:00.000-04:002007-06-14T11:20:00.000-04:00Either way (athletes/black athletes), I don't have...Either way (athletes/black athletes), I don't have a problem with someone being offended by that. It just shows an ignorance on the writer/researchers part.<BR/><BR/>If it wasn't an issue...why did CNNSI take it off the page?<BR/><BR/>I'm not on a high-horse here....just posing the question.<BR/><BR/>(P.S.- What is this Goo-Gle? you speak of???)Awful Announcing-https://www.blogger.com/profile/02512793293145554219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-64103555941739381522007-06-14T11:12:00.000-04:002007-06-14T11:12:00.000-04:00I could post a few thousand examples if you wanted...I could post a few thousand examples if you wanted me to...but I assume you're intelligent enough to do a Google search on your own. How long have athletes been referred to as well spoken? Years maybe? Decades...maybe even centuries. I'm not saying there hasn't been racist overtones to those types of statements in the past, but since MOST people are not that articulate, how about people just Premierophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879181299872020019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-30764021859543659942007-06-14T11:01:00.000-04:002007-06-14T11:01:00.000-04:00Okay, so you have 4 examples compared to years of ...Okay, so you have 4 examples compared to years of Black Athletes, Politician, and Businessmen being referred to as "well-spoken".<BR/><BR/>Even if it's only athletes...it's still ignorant. Most DID go to college.Awful Announcing-https://www.blogger.com/profile/02512793293145554219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-58767760804290257922007-06-14T10:55:00.000-04:002007-06-14T10:55:00.000-04:00Actually, you hear white athletes praised for bein...Actually, you hear white athletes praised for being articulate or well spoken all the time. For example, people refer to Curt Schilling as articulate (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/91253). Here's a bio of Lindsey Jacobellis that refers to her as "well spoken" 9http://expn.go.com/expn/athletes/bio?id=3965). Here's an article that correctly points out that David Beckham is not articulate Premierophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879181299872020019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221516.post-42243571145116120612007-06-14T09:14:00.000-04:002007-06-14T09:14:00.000-04:00Jason Williams was heard saying..."yo yo yo, what ...Jason Williams was heard saying..."yo yo yo, what dat mean homebwa?"E Buzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04363646592893172933noreply@blogger.com