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Originally Posted by voiceoflg
Radio, so shutting up is not an option. All my baseball color commentators have been coaches. Though most do a good job helping with rules and nuances of the game, I have had a couple that I wanted to correct on the air but chose not to. "Hands a part of the bat" and "ball hitting an umpire is immediately dead" are two that was said and I cringed.
I would LOVE to have an umpire with me for baseball and an official for football. I was sitting next to a clock operator during a few football games and asked them to correct me if I made a mistake in explaining a rule and they all politely declined. I understand why they decline, but I would rather be right than sound stupid on the air. There are enough of us who do that.
Thanks to you all for your responses, and for participating on these forums. I learn a lot here.
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I did some local D-1 college hoops work with two announcers. I sat with them at the press table and would write notes to them. Never went on air. I even got to know some of the refs; they were truly polite (and helpful) to me when they found out I was a ref and "rules fixer" for the broadcast team.