Defending the announcers

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by rainmaker

Yes, he is getting paid for his "baskeball analysis" but that thought process (however flawed!) is conveyed and depicted by his language. He is getting paid for communicating. When he doesn't use communication well, he's putting forward a disrespect for the "game" (ie the rules, structure and boundaries) of language in general.

Well, no he's not.

He's getting paid to fill the time between commercials in a way that doesn't scare off the viewers. Nothing more, nothing less, networks are in the business of selling viewers to advertisers. Apparently he doesn't scare off enough viewers so the advertisers keep paying CBS and CBS keeps paying him.

Pretty simple when you think about it.