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- From: jb118@prism.gatech.EDU (Jeffrey N. Burch)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.college
- Subject: Re: EXECUTE DICK VITALE
- Message-ID: <81783@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 22:38:13 GMT
- References: <80156@hydra.gatech.EDU> <ASH.93Jan18082949@ulysses.mr.ams.com> <1993Jan25.154003.7452@gw.wmich.edu>
- Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute -- EOL
- Lines: 35
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- In article <1993Jan25.154003.7452@gw.wmich.edu> x92lowry2@gw.wmich.edu writes:
- >>
- >> >In article <3319@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> durway@devnull.tandem.com (Lindsey Durway) writes:
- >> >>Dick Vitale has got to be the most ANNOYING IDIOT on TV, even
- >> >>worse than Arsenio Hall & Jay Leno put together. How does he
- >> >>keep his job? What is the attraction?? Does he do ANYTHING
- >> >>besides babble like Bullwinkle throu
- >>
- >> I HAPPEN TO LOVE DICK VITALE. THE GUY IS AWESOME WITH A CAPITAL A, BABY!
- >SURE YOU TEND TO THINK HE HAS A MENTAL DISORDER. BUT YOU HAVE TO LOVE HIS
- >ENTHUSIASTIC STYLE. IF ALL ANNOUNCERS WERE MORE LIKE HIM THE RATINGS OF
- >SPORTING EVENTS WOULD SKYROCKET. BRICK-CITY USA , BABY!
- >MICHAEL LOWRY
- >WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
-
- Suffice it to say, not all of us are enthralled with Dick Vitale's
- mastery of decibels at the expense of data. We tend to prefer hearing
- more substance than hype in our basketball analyses.
-
- If more announcers were like Vitale, there would be a LOT of people in
- this country who would either:
-
- a) turn off the TV sound, and try to find a radio commentator who was
- doing the game (or watch in silence), or
-
- b) find other sports to watch (tennis, anyone?).
-
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- ^ Dr. J(effrey Neil Burch) jb118@prism.gatech.edu ^
- ^ Georgia Tech Research Institute ^
- ^ Electro-Optics and Physical Sciences Laboratory ^
- ^ Atlanta, Ga. ^
- ^ 30332 Better to remain silent and be thought a fool ^
- ^ 404-894-3628 than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. ^
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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