SuperSport presenters

[Inevitability]

I see the general feeling is that of being resigned to switching channels... and yes, it's one solution, but the thing is: we pay a lot for this stuff... Robert ThisParticlar Marawa is taking home a fat paycheck made up of my subscription fee to sit there and say "this particular" 50 times an hour. Kamza probably goes home thinking he's so cool and so good at his job just cos he can rattle off 200 words per minute and wear a nice suit.
Cmon... when did we become so passive? I'm making a stand againt this cr@p (...even though it's not as important as world peace, or East African famine).

[Ecco]

I'm making a stand againt this cr@p

How? By starting a thread?

I suppose if you wanted to be credible you would have to be able to recommend better presenters.

[Spizz]

How? By starting a thread?

I suppose if you wanted to be credible you would have to be able to recommend better presenters.

And how would he do that? Set up a series of interviews at his house? Surely it's up to Supersport to know how their presenters are received. They've got eyes and ears ffs. But have they got management? I don't know, but it appears not. How can you not hear the same guy saying 'that particular' every few minutes and not know it's going to be annoying after a while?

And that woman. Why is she laughing all the time when she speaks? Maybe she can't believe she's getting away with it and is actually drawing a salary every month.

[ChocolateBadger]

Do some Super Sport presenters even have a background in journalism? They are mostly just ex-sportsman.

[Inevitability]

How? By starting a thread?

Baby steps. The thread was an experiment to gauge the level of consensus among the general myBB-reading public. The next step would be to formalise my protest to MultiChoice. But for that to make a real impact it would erquire many people all complaining. That was the secondary objective of the thread... galvanise people to also take the 5 mins to complain to MultiChoice. But, like i said, baby steps.

I suppose if you wanted to be credible you would have to be able to recommend better presenters.

Gonna have to disagree there... See one of my previous post regarding Kepler Wessels and Shaun Pollock.

[Cool E]

SABC have the best sport presenters.

[akescpt]

SABC have the best sport presenters.

Oh really? But its easier for them. They already know the result when they cover the 'delayed live' games

[lilggg]

Oh really? But its easier for them. They already know the result when they cover the 'delayed live' games

+1 to that

[Ecco]

And how would he do that? Set up a series of interviews at his house? Surely it's up to Supersport to know how their presenters are received. They've got eyes and ears ffs. But have they got management? I don't know, but it appears not. How can you not hear the same guy saying 'that particular' every few minutes and not know it's going to be annoying after a while?

And that woman. Why is she laughing all the time when she speaks? Maybe she can't believe she's getting away with it and is actually drawing a salary every month.

And who is to say Supersport have not conducted the interviews, and that what we have is the best they could find?

If better people don't apply we cant blame Supersport. If better people are getting paid more elsewhere, why dont we watch those channels and watch their commentary?

[roskii]

The presenters dont bother me really as I dont watch them. Pretty simple.. for example F1.. I just watch from when they hand over to the BBC commentators. It really is quite simple to change the channel and not watch the presenters.. although a nuisance yes. With the Canadian GP incident I streamed Sky instead so I had Brundle Think I might just do that again this weekend and watch the build up too.

Do exactly the same. I love Sasha on the radio, but for the F1 it seems pretty stale. They never really seem to expand on their current format. It's just plain boring chitchat, making obvious statements/assumptions, none of the flare that F1 carries. Sash at least does an okay job at taking the lead role, but Gary & Vic, snore..........

[mercurial]

A lot of ex-sportsmen also seem to get very comfy jobs. Paul Adams and Shafiek Abrahams comes to mind. Hopeless but get lekker jobs. Also, Vincent Barnes.

[Spizz]

And who is to say Supersport have not conducted the interviews, and that what we have is the best they could find?

If better people don't apply we cant blame Supersport. If better people are getting paid more elsewhere, why dont we watch those channels and watch their commentary?

Lol. If's and buts. The fact remains they have some shockers covering the football and the feeling is widespread amongst everyone I know. Seems like here as well.

They suck big juicy hairy salty balls my friend. There is no denying it.

And to say SS aren't getting good people is laughable. Is it not more likely they don't care or even know what to do because they have a monopoly and the options for us are extremely limited?

But thankfully SS has the English commentators on for the football including the Sky team for the EPL, and there are no bad rugby guys apart from the Bros, who only gets the small games such as the Vodacom Cup anyway. Even Ashwin Williams is watchable in an odd kind of way and the other smiley Derek barsteward doesn't get a lot of air time.

[sanimoyo]

The Euro football presenters are lame, especially the anchor (or whatever he is called), I was wondering how he got the job, he should be placed on SABC 1 or something.

[Logo]

The presenters dont bother me really as I dont watch them. Pretty simple.. for example F1.. I just watch from when they hand over to the BBC commentators. It really is quite simple to change the channel and not watch the presenters.. although a nuisance yes. With the Canadian GP incident I streamed Sky instead so I had Brundle Think I might just do that again this weekend and watch the build up too.

I always stream the Sky broadcast. Their commentators are just so much better than BBC, their analysis beats Supersport hands down, they often have very interesting guests that they chat to and they are actually on the grid during the build-up grabbing people left and right to chat to. Actually getting interviews and opinions from people like Adrian Newy is much more valuable and entertaining than the input of Sasha Martiningo.

[Inevitability]

I always stream the Sky broadcast. Their commentators are just so much better than BBC, their analysis beats Supersport hands down, they often have very interesting guests that they chat to and they are actually on the grid during the build-up grabbing people left and right to chat to. Actually getting interviews and opinions from people like Adrian Newy is much more valuable and entertaining than the input of Sasha Martiningo.

And that illustrates my point better than I could have:
Why doesn't DStv just find the best pre-race show out there, and screen it. Yes, it will cost them, but we're already paying for this premium exclusive service... We should be demanding the best-available content. In your case you've probably got uncapped internet... for someone like me, that's an additional cost I shoudn't have to pay cos i'm already paying for "premium" coverage of F1, just not getting it.