Defending the announcers

[Goose]

My son, who is a young official also wants to move into radio and TV broadcasting.

With that in mind, as we watched games, I would comment to him that what CBS or ESPN should do is hire an off camera, off mic, ex-official to whisper in the ear of the announcers the real rule or explanation when one of these situations arises.

I do know that all the announcers are encouraged to attend a beginning of the year rule explanation, but I wonder how many actually listen. To his credit, Packer has gotten better over the years, but he still sticks his foot in his mouth when attempting to explain what is going on.

So, I'm all for them hiring some ex, or even current official that can explain these situations.


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