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The state of AFL Commentary- a solution
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hawkman
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Gil writing Hamish out of a job?
- Dec 3, 2009
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Australian sports commentary and journalism is a boys club and absolutely horrible so anything that can shake things up is appreciated.
- Dec 19, 2011
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What a load of crap. Can we just have better quality commentary, rather than trying to fill some arbitrary quotas.
People have sooked about all those commentators in the past.
The commenters aren't the problem, the sooks are.
Journalism just reflects society. Social media is the issue.
Some on here exclusively complain about umpires for example, of course the media will jump on that for attention.
People claim to be ITK, that's a source of some random if right or wrong. The journalist has still researched what is being said.
The issue is people who fantasise they are journalist's, not actual journalists.
robin kennedy
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A lot like when you actually go to a game and from start to end there is a constant gabble of endless babble, sound and irritating gimmics to keep your head constantly filled with crap, not allowing you the space to possibly engage in your own conversation, thought process or reflective moment to form your own ideas and opinions. Gee, maybe you could even engage in a conversation with the person you went to the game with, remember them,
"somebody you used to know".
Maybe you could even make a new friend, what's that, shut up or l turn up the volume and drown you out. Oh Sorry!
The commentary is just a continuation of above with all parties playing same game reading same script l feel.
The whole thing is just a continuation of the AFL dumb it down mentality which l see as a constant, the sport is the entertainment!
Let it breathe
