I just think that a low pitch voice is just easier on the ears.
I’ve notice that certain women’s voices are hard to hear coming from the TV.
I do not get ESPN, but was at a friend’s house Sunday and we were watching the Nats game on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. They had a woman I now know to be Jess Mendoza announcing the game. It was awful. I do not want to hear from a woman how to place one’s fingers on a baseball to throw a slider.
This article is more liberal propaganda. Most of the criticism of the new female bbc soccer commentator were directed at her lack of game knowledge and commentary, not just her tone. But of course, we can’t discuss that in the Post.
I think Julie Foudy does an excellent job.
“...moments of high athletic drama...”
Bwahahahaha.
I went to an IMAX documentary film the other day at the natural history museum. In the film, they had some young female narrating, probably an actress, but I don’t know one from the other these days. Anyway, it really kinda detracted from the movie. She didn’t have a good voice for narration. To do that sorta thing, you need a certain kind of voice. Some women have good voices for such. Linda Hunt and Susan Sarandon are to the come to mind that can really make things interesting. This was the second IMAX film that I have seen that used a young female voice, and both times it hurt the movie in my opinion.
>>I hate women in the booth. <<
Or on the sidelines, except as eye candy.
Chicks can study all they want but there is no way they played the game (maybe soccer or baseball but even then not the WAY guys play) so they can’t understand what is going on in the most important part of any game: under the cap of the players.
All sideline chicks have the SAME report: “I talked to Coach Schmedlap and he said we have to concentrate on all facets of the game and we have to protect the ball.”
They report cliches since that is all they are given and can understand.
Send them Beth Mowins.
The sex of the commentator doesn’t matter. Buy the sponsor’s junk food, sit in a chair and enjoy the false sense of achievement as you get fat and unhealthy.
Listeners to these sports events narrated by females are picking up on a few factors. First, I think women are over doing the voice and fluctuations, attempting to sound solid and in control which is harder when your natural voice is higher than an average male. Second, I think today’s women speak in obnoxious segments similar to text language, improper vocal punctuation and it is extremely annoying to listen to. There is no natural flow or rhythm to what and how they are calling the game. Not all of them are this bad, some of the older ones are a better but this new crop of dunces make me turn the sound off.
Finger nails on a chalk board.
All depends on the situation. Seems to me police like to hear a female voice meaning female dispatchers.
And the incessant questions about “how does it make you feeeeel....”
Likewise!
This is PC on a scale of mental retardation, bringing women into the sports booth.
I’d be okay with women announcers if they didn’t all have the same shrill pitch of an ex-wife lecturing you as you pull away from the driveway. What men are reacting to is visceral because that’s all we’ve ever known that shrill yell to mean.
The first generation of black commentators were denounced because they “mumbled” and many of them did. Eventually, the J-schools trained blacks who spoke clearly and effectively (Mike Tirico, Gus Johnson among others). Here’s hoping the nets find women commentators who sound like Diana Rigg or Lauren Bacall.
Another non-story from fake news. Tiresome.
OTOH, cockpit warnings use a woman’s voice because men react to it more quickly.
Call it sexist but women calling games to me, or at least certain sports, just gives it a “This game isn’t very important” feel.
Your crap college football games is pretty much right on the money. You’ll have a top 25 team vs their weakest conference opponent or non-conference game and.... boom female announcer.
For some reason the woman that does the Premier League studio show for NBC has really grown on me to the point I like her. However play by play I just can’t stand women announcers.