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Created by John Sheehan on 3 March 2006 @ 7:03:25 PM
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To the officials at ESPN:


I am sending you this letter in protest of your decision on the commentators for the World Cup. The largest sporting event in the world deserves the best coverage possible. An estimated 28.8 billion viewers watched the 2002 tournament with 1.1 billion tuning in for the final. Even the World Cup finals draw had 300 million viewers world wide.

As a sports leader and the largest cable sports network it would make sense that the company would want to have the best coverage of the event possible. Putting someone who has never done soccer commentary at the head of your broadcast team will only serve to alienate fans and move more viewers to Univision and other networks covering the games. You wouldn’t put **** Button on the Superbowl announcing team or John Madden on the World Series telecasts, why would you put a baseball announcer in the World Cup broadcasts?

The fans deserve better. They deserve intelligent announces who are highly regarded in their field. The idea that Americans would not accept foreign announcers for the games is ludicrous. Most knowledgeable fans in this country pay more attention to leagues overseas than to the domestic game. One reason for this is that the game is taken more seriously in many other parts of the world. Please do not add to the stereotype of ignorant Americans who bring nothing to the sport.

Add quality announcers who are available regardless of nationality. Having announcers who do not know the proper names of the positions on the field and who mispronounce the players names is aggravating, frustrating and annoying to real soccer fans and that should be your market. The typical soccer mom is not going to sit through game after game of the World Cup. Please attempt to rectify this situation by including professional commentators who have experience in the sport at the highest levels.

Thank you for your time and consideration concerning this matter sincerely,
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3780 tim leary Give me Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth!
3779 Rick Mancini I honestly watched the Italy game on RAI in non HD because ESPN sux, why do they have a girl in the halftime show, There are no girls playing (Beside Cristiano Ronaldo. The Worlds greatest sport deserves better
3778 Charles Bluestone
3777 Travis Robinett
3776 Jimmy Zavla
3775 Matin Sedigh
3774 shaun I WANT TO BE A Announcer for anything but when I saw THIS! ESPN Doesnt crack the top 5. Now It's FOX
3773 Mike Machado ESPN needs to pay Tommy Smyth enough money to commute between Europe and the US. Soccer. Stone and Wynalda gush a little too much over CA players and Taylor Twellman.
3772 Brandon Marschman
3771 Mariko
3770 Rob g
3769 djh_2010
3768 Matt McAfee They ****!!
3767 Rod Murphy
3766 Andy Pressman By the end I watched Telemundo, and I don't even speak Spanish.
3765 Garrett Olejniczak
3764 D.D. Davis
3763 Troy Bannister ESPN and ABC should put in the same effort BBC in England does
3762 Roger Bennett I prefer the Spanish commentary though I am not fluent in that laguage.
3761 Mike Witcher The most unprofessional commentators ever on television.
3760 Jorge "Tataman" Soto
3759 Ronald Methot ESPN you should be ashamed of yourselves. Nobody wants to watch Marcelo Balboa or Rob Stone.
3758 Alex Williams the american media don't understand anything non american. The yanks have been mucking it up forever, why should they change now...?
3757 Hikaru You guys ****!
3756 Jon williams
3755 Chuck Watson Come on, it's the World Cup! Are we going to have to watch the games with the sound on mute?
3754 Gavin It is bad enough listening to the regular US announcers who can't call soccer properly, let alone listen to somebody who doesn't know the sport.
3753 Patrick McCleary I am tired of American commentators and American boradcasting companies butchering football/soccer. Until Americans commentators know how to call a game, get a reputable foreigner in the seat!
3752 Chris Hall ESPN is Cheesy, Tim Legler is a goon.
3751 Clinton Sprinkle because if soccer is ever going to take hold in America, the fans need to actually learn the correct phrases and nuances of the game, and plus the avid fans out there will be crushed by these terrible announcers
3750 Ian Grant I support this petition
3749 James the World Cup is the greatest show on Earth. Come on England!!
3748 Tom Vincent I support this position
3747 Roy Overton Here in the UK USA football coverage mostly gets filed under the comedy genre.
3746 Mike Grant you ned knoeledge
3745 John Ward damn straight
3744 Mark Needham because it makes total sense.
3743 GOD and will have to think seriously about a suitable punishment if ESPN insists on using commentators who use the term 'penalty kick'. It's a 'penalty'...and, by the way, it's 'football'....not 'Soccer'....I'm serious.. so don't push it.
3742 Jason Bisping
3741 Daniel Marquez Come on! American do not know what foreigner know about Soccer!
3740 Alan Garrison You should use the EuroSport commentary, it is after all your network in Europe. I had to endure the 1994 World Cup in California, and it ****ed.
3739 Alan Garrison You should use the EuroSport commentary, it is after all your network in Europe. I had to endure the 1994 World Cup in California, and it ****ed.
3738 Crow What the hell are you thinking putting a novice incharge of the broadcast team....???? I am not even giving you the chance to fix it...you have lost me already, Univision for me this World Cup again.
3737 Lou If they would just comment on the game and not just pander on blahing about such blah
3736 Don Jon Please the public however ignorant needs and deserves more
3735 Ted You must stop this the commentators are rubbish pure gubbins
3734 Danny its hard enough dealing with the retailers ignorance ( try Buying a US national shirt ) But the commentators do the sport ,its supporters and potential fans no favours. Please get rid if these fools!
3733 Bruce Hodson I can't believe that it's not Tommy Smythe and Seamus Malin...don' thtey work for you? Haven't they already been covering CL?
3732 Moe Kazzaz because it is important! ESPN should be ashamed if they lose veiwers for an issue that is easy to fix like this.
3731 Garrett every fan of the game wants to enjoy a beautiful World Cup- and experienced announcers play a large role in this. Please appoint commentators with Soccer Experience!