Sack commentators and enjoy the action

7:20pm Wednesday 18th July 2012 in Read

SIR – I believe there’s a new man taking over the top job with the BBC.

With a salary well over the top, one way to pay for his huge salary would be to sack all the commentators employed by the BBC – at Wimbledon they are totally unnecessary, in fact at times they are a nuisance.

After all, people at centre court watching the tennis don’t have anyone explaining each shot played – in fact, the same should apply to football and snooker.

They are visual sports.

The BBC is employing far to many of these so called commentators who become a nuisance.

I myself turn the sound down on my television so I don’t have to listen to their garbage.

JOHN SHEARON, Worcester

Comments(6)

CJH says...
9:38pm Wed 18 Jul 12

Racking my brains here to think of a sport which is not 'visual'
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Now how selfish of you to not think about people who are blind or visually impaired and may wish to listen to the commentators describe the action. And all those who are not 'experts' like you, and enjoy both watching the sport and hearing the commentators views and observations. What a small Shearon focussed world you live in.

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Maggie Would says...
8:53am Thu 19 Jul 12

To be fair, that Clive Tyldesley on ITV is jolly annoying. He talks utter tripe so any football involving him gets the sound turned down.

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Worcesterman says...
9:21am Thu 19 Jul 12

The terrible twins are at it again.
I see your point CJH, but if I was blind heaven forbid I too would be flummoxed as to what they are on about.

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Maggie Would says...
12:47pm Thu 19 Jul 12

Worcesterman wrote:
The terrible twins are at it again.
I see your point CJH, but if I was blind heaven forbid I too would be flummoxed as to what they are on about.
Who are the terrible twins??

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Fred Bishop says...
12:21pm Fri 20 Jul 12

I wouldn't mind if I could understand them. You need to be Glasgow born for most sports commentators.

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Ctrl Alt Del says...
2:59pm Sun 22 Jul 12

To be fair, the BBC provide first class coverage of sport, ITV on the other hand ruin their coverage with all the adverts and poor punditry.

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