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As an announcer and an official, I can tell you that announcers, by and large, don't know the rules. I didn't know them nearly as well as I do now, having been on this side of it.
But, no, there's not some grand conspiracy that doesn't "allow" the announcers to "tell it like it is." Nor is it any more true that you should "never believe a word" an announcer says than it is that "all officials are blind/on the take."
There are good ones and not-so-good ones in both professions (in all professions, really).
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"And I'm not just some fan, I've refereed football and basketball in addition to all the baseball I've umpired. I've never made a call that horrible in my life in any sport."---Greatest. Official. Ever.
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