Moiraine Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I just don't get it. What's the point in having a woman announcer if you can't tell she's a woman? Let someone with a normal female voice announce the game. I'm not saying I want to hear a valley girl accent, but what are the networks thinking with this? Do they think men would be put off by a womanly voice? This occurs in every single sport. Even if it's volleyball or women's soccer. A woman doesn't have to have a manly voice to be smart or sound smart. (I realize I'm going to get some silly replies . Just to pre-empt one of them, I'll go back to the kitchen now, but I'm going to use expired bologna and you will die) Quote Link to comment
HeyBurke Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 True. I just don't like women announcers in predominately male sports. It's not that they're women, it's that their voices just aren't right for the sport. If I'm watching, say, volleyball, a woman announcer is welcomed, if not expected. Quote Link to comment
Excel Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 There was one on earlier today and yes turning on a men's sport and hearing a female color commentator is kind of rattling...maybe I'm sexist I dunno. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Bologna only gets better with age. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 It's to balance out the color commentators always sounding like women. Quote Link to comment
Malth Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Women commentators have no place in men sports. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 It's to balance out the color commentators always sounding like women. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Pam Ward not only sounds like a man, but a mean spirited man. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted October 17, 2011 Author Share Posted October 17, 2011 Pam Ward not only sounds like a man, but a mean spirited man. haha. Ya, that's the exact announcer I was thinking of. (Probably the only female football announcer) Quote Link to comment
Malth Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Pam Ward not only sounds like a man, but a mean spirited man. that was a chic? wtf??? Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Is this Pam Ward calling the Ohio State - UCF game? She wears underwear with dick-holes in 'em. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I think a large part of the problem is that Pam Ward is who most of us are familiar with as a female announcer, and she is just bad. Its got nothing to do with her gender, play by play is just not her thing. Certainly not for football. I would rather have a woman sound like a woman if she is announcing. Quote Link to comment
HuskerShark Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I'm with a lot of you in this thread. When I turn on the TV to watch a football game and there is a woman announcer, I'd rather just mute it. I hope Nebraska doesn't have a woman announcer for a game. With that said, I think the problem with the issue is that the woman is doing the play-by-play. I wouldn't mind if a good male announcer did the play-by-play and a good woman announcer (for example, Michelle Beadle) provides input on the side, but that's not how it's done as far as I've seen. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Turns out this OSU - UCF announcer isn't Pam Ward. She's still trying to sound like a man, however. Quote Link to comment
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