It's just funny to me because practically every elderly person I've known intimately is very interested in the weather. Well George, this football game is really going to come down to a game of points. That sheds a whole new light on the game. Watching a few NFL and college football games over the break with my younger brothers, I was tempted to turn the sound completely off. Or then there is always the commentator who perceptively points out a player is in pain as the player violently rolls around on the ground and has a look of terror on his face.
Sports commentators seem to come from one of two walks of life.
So as fans we are left with either the guy who doesn't have the brains to articulate what he knows about a certain sport, or the guy who has no base to articulate any aspect of a particular sport because the only times he ever even sweated were in hurrying off the couch and making his way to the fridge before a commercial ended. If you're like one of these guys, you might be a future sports commentator. I had the pleasure of coming back in contact with many old high school buddies who fit the bill of this title. A topic of conversation which always seemed to arise was the recent presidential elections. When I asked some of these friends why they were so excited with Clinton's victory, none of them had anything to say which even related to an issue.