...randomness surrounding Guided by Voices, Robert Pollard, and other great indie rock bands; a quasi objective look at "my" sporting teams; the random horror film; plus other crap as we see fit...all with a Pittsburgh based feel.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

The Position. A Memo to the Experts


Here's one from the Getting So Sick of Hearing This file:

Note to ESPN football analysts and "experts." It does NOT make you sound any more intelligent to refer to any position on a team as "The Position."

For example:

"The Tampa Bay Bucs are really struggling at The Quarterback Position."
"The Cincinnati Bengals have a lot of depth at The Wide Receiver Position."
"The Houston Texans need somebody to step up at The Running Back Position."

Just simply say...Quarterback, Wide Receiver, Running Back. It's easy. There's no excess verbage. Adding "The Position" does NOT make you sound like any more of an expert. It pretty much makes you sound like a pompous ass.

Cc: Sean Salisbury, Mark Schlereth, Joe Thiesmann, Ron Jaworski

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