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Announcers don't bother me as long as they call the action and get it right. I did a boys JV game at a small Christian school a couple weeks ago that used an announcer. He got carried away a few times but nothing bad........except for two:
1) He announced a 2-point basket as a 3-pointer. Not necessarily a big deal but he announced the "3" as the ball was entering the basket and before a 3-point signal was given (I guess he missed the lack of the 3-point preliminary signal as well). I mentioned it to him and he apologized.
2) Then, late in this close game, he announced an "Intentional" foul on a visiting player before my partner had even gotten into the box to report the foul. You guessed it, there was no intentional foul. True, B1 (visiting team) did put his arms around A1 (home team ball-handler) at mid-court, but my partner & I both had a personal foul on B1 for illegal contact while reaching for the ball before he wrapped up the offensive player. (And just to note, he released A1 quickly and didn't take any other actions that may have warranted a T). A1 goes to the foul line (double bonus) with the attendant rebounders on either side of the lane. Based on the "announcement", home coach loudly says "I thought that was an intentional foul". I stepped from the lane toward his bench and very loudly stated that there was NO intentional foul, that B1 had made a basketball move for the ball and that the announcer had erroneously announced an event that had never happened. I pointed to the table and again very loudly announced for the whole gym to hear (it was a small gym) that the officials, not the announcer, actually make the calls. The announcer was silent for the last minute or so of the game.
I warned the V officials to be ready for this guy.
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