Idiotic American/NBC Announcers for Beijing 2015

I didn't see it but that is true. Those guys did not need to be there. They were getting in the way of the race. Sorry but everyone is not a winner and the world championships is about finding the true world champion.

True dat wrote:

I didn't see it but that is true. Those guys did not need to be there. They were getting in the way of the race. Sorry but everyone is not a winner and the world championships is about finding the true world champion.

That's a horrible way of looking at it. Those men earned the right to be there just as those top five did.

How would you feel if the coordinators in a race you were running were like "yeah, you're not a contender. Step off the course/track"? If your answer is anything less than absolutely not, then you should probably re-establish your morals as a runner.

There is a difference between a world championship and just any 10k track race. If you don't understand that, you should probably leave commenting on world championship races to those who do.

That being said, a good compromise would be allowing lapped runners to move into lane 2 of their own volition. if they do now, they are pulled from the race. I did see a Kenyan get pinched out and having to go wide around a runner who do move out but that was his own fault. If your dumb enough to run in lane 2, you deserve to get pushed into lane 3.

Industry standard is slower runner stays on rail and overtaking runners avoids them and dictates when they make the pass. No bumping no confusion not forcing them out further of tripping them. they can see what is in front of them, slower runners can not see exactly where the overtaking runners are.

announcers announce factual things- semi-final 400metre dash for men on the track the line up is , the results of race three are Blownjo first such&suchtime, Diddledjo second such&suchtime, Scrodjo third such&suchtime. . . .

Common Taters like children should not be seen and not be heard!

One does not want the pneumatic breasted girl in the bikini with the round card to tell you who is wining the fight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5mz4SkilL8

Their countries didn't send them to China to start the race, they sent them to finish the race.

Last day of Beijing n idiots nbc commentators

were all wrong in their 'professional' assessment.

Women 5000m and the fat commentator suggested too slow for any records and the race is for the 1500m champion.

Result she lost n the winner broke the championship record.

Are you guys proud of your running commentary with ridiculous conclusions and judgements.

NBC failed in educating this idiots to shut up when in doubt and let the viewers have doubt about himself only to open his mouth and clearing all doubt-------retard commentator n too obese to

know better.

The morning British announcers on Universal Sports (including Steve Ovett) were much better in all disciplines. A pleasure to hear their knowledgeable commentary.

A race where runners regularly get lapped makes a mockery of the championships. It's time to kill that dinosaur of an event, the 10000.

I'm not normally a grammar police type, but this thread is ridiculous. So far, we have:

"I did see a Kenyan get pinched out and having to go wide around a runner who do move out but that was his own fault."

"Diddledjo second"

"Common Taters like children"

"Women5000m and the fat commentator suggested too slow for any records and the race is for the 1500m champion"

"NBC failed in educating this idiots to shut up when in doubt and let the viewers have doubt about himself only to open his mouth and clearing all doubt"

Entertaining! I especially liked Common Taters - could be a meme.

Why is Dwight Stones no longer with NBC?

Best American commentator in T&F (all disiplines).

Tom Hammond has seen better days. Bring Back Willie Smith!

They also kept saying Kipruto was Birech during the last lap of the 3000m steeple

WaitWhat? wrote:

True dat wrote:

I didn't see it but that is true. Those guys did not need to be there. They were getting in the way of the race. Sorry but everyone is not a winner and the world championships is about finding the true world champion.

That's a horrible way of looking at it. Those men earned the right to be there just as those top five did.

How would you feel if the coordinators in a race you were running were like "yeah, you're not a contender. Step off the course/track"? If your answer is anything less than absolutely not, then you should probably re-establish your morals as a runner.

You obviously don't understand how these things work. Sometimes these lapped runners are the only athletes their country are sending to the championships and they don't have to meet the time standards that the rest have to hit just to get to the race. Given that they should make sure they are not interfering with those competing for the championship and they absolutely should be out in lane 2 and 3 when the top guys are coming around. This is the world champs not a fun run. We're not trying to make people feel good and give participant medals we're trying to find who's the best in the world.

Larry Rosen should replace that guy and partner him with Ato Bolden.Ato and

Dwight Stone know their track&field.The BBC guys Fraser and Ovett are best.

Nmlllmkkkn wrote:

Bring Back Willie Smith!

One of the most uncomfortable moments in sports broadcasting history.

I'd rather listen to OJ call the 10k race than Ato Boldon call any race. He falls into the Carol Lewis category for me.

Only Brit announcers should be calling T&F

zephito wrote:

Entertaining! I especially liked Common Taters - could be a meme.

at least two were of comic effect

Diddledjo an obvious play on brojo (which memes here -see full quote)

Often a childrens menu item, punch line of a few childrens jokes and the name of at least one band. The Common Taters often double bill with the Turn Ups. I do not believe Spuds McKenzie plays in either of them.

The internet forum genre presents spoken language (casual and highly idiomatic) in written form.

Evelyn Wood Speedwriting and stenographic court reporting could have caught on if introduced at the inception of the casual user internet