ESPN's coverage hurts the game

[Sly_Grin]

<<It's a TV show with one goal in mind: to entertain a mass audience.>>

well excuse me for not being part of that "mass audience". Maybe I'm just sick of the overall "dumbing down" of television, sick of everything turning into Jerry Springer nation. I don't find dickheads entertaining, and when I do one viewing is plenty, I don't need a continuous stream of their antics.

There is plenty of entertainment to be found, plenty of humor and excitement that doesn't require the TV viewer to be part of the 75 IQ, trailer trash crowd. I don't need ESPN to try to raise standards but can they at least not sink into those ever increasing murky depths ?

There is plenty of good natured humor to be found, plenty of laughs that would not only entertain the audience but also make poker seem like a helluva lot of fun. Instead it's presented as a freak show, something I would pay money to avoid, not become a part of.

And I don't mind Norm Chad, he can be funny. But it would be nice if someone on the announcing team occassionally correctly noted why a player acted a certain way. Instead, when they do mention anything related to the play of the cards they are ALWAYS wrong.

Is it so much to ask to replace "He correctly moves all-in with his full house. Ohh, great laydown."

with something like "He wants to get called here but wow, he goes all-in, that's a terrible bet and makes it easy for Hellmuth to get away from the hand."

The ESPN producers start with the assumption that everyone watching is an idiot. I have the right to complain about that.

[Dominic]

you do have the right to complain about it...doesn't make you right, but you do HAVE the right.