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  • Jun 29, 2014, 12:56 AM
    paraclete
    Oh dear they did it again!
    We are used to being ignored by our cousins across the pond, but what happened to commentators being a little bit professional and having some idea of what they are talking about?
    UFC commentator announces Jonah Lomu as an “Australian Rules” football player | News.com.au

    I guess americans are just never going to get it
  • Jun 29, 2014, 01:48 AM
    tomder55
    here in the US we are used to the 'talking heads 'having no clue ..... especially ,but not excluded to MSNBC ,CNN . Most of our sports commentators are clueless too.
  • Jun 29, 2014, 02:31 AM
    paraclete
    Yes that is stating the bleeding obvious, but what can I expect, sports scholarships to "educational" institutions where the team is more important than the education, from that we cannot expect cutting edge journalism or anything else for that matter
  • Jun 30, 2014, 07:19 AM
    tomder55
    one of the meat heads announcing the World Cup games called Costa Rica an island nation.
  • Jun 30, 2014, 02:21 PM
    Tuttyd
    I enjoy watching any Latin American country play the game. The problem is I cannot understand what they are saying. I wish I had studied Latin at school.
  • Jun 30, 2014, 04:23 PM
    paraclete
    now for an educated man you have just placed yourself in the same line
  • Jun 30, 2014, 04:54 PM
    tomder55
    good one Tut.
  • Jun 30, 2014, 05:10 PM
    Tuttyd
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    now for an educated man you have just placed yourself in the same line


    As Homer would say... Doh!
  • Jun 30, 2014, 06:37 PM
    paraclete
    That about sums it up!

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