Tad Queasy wrote:
Like several other people, I'm just not as interested in sports as I used to be. Football is still my favorite, but I don't even watch that as much as I used to. No sports or athletes, of course, seem bigger than life like they did when I was a kid, but at this point there are often other things to do that are more interesting to me than sports at this point.
Other reasons I don't listen as much as I used to:
1. Hosts like Rongey, Abbattacola, Finfer, and Shepkowski (only one is still on the air) who seem annoyed at having to host a sport-talk radio show. A caller would want to about something and their repsonse would be "Does it really matter?" or "It doesn't matter." If it doesn't matter, why the hell am I listening to your show?
2. The rise of VERY. IMPORTANT. RADIO. Either go be a legitimate journalist or go do something that actually makes a difference in people's lives. This mainly applies to Bernstein but also to guys like Speigel, Parkins, and Goff who would "just have to say ____" and address the latest social or political issue. I know where to go to find that type of talk and I would not expect the people who host those shows to give me their opinions on the Bears or Cubs.
3. The rise of VERY. SMART. FANS. Players and coaches don't think you're cool or "one of them" because you say "mesh point." A more in-depth understanding of what we're watching is OK, but Matt Miller (Is that the guy who used to be on with B&B who sounded like Buffone?) attempting to whiteboard plays on the radio is bad radio. I am not interested in prolonged discussion of advanced metrics as they relate to any sport. Get off my lawn.
4. The fetishization of the NBA, it's players, and coaches. It's bizarre and I don't get it.
5. Between podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, etc., there are lots of other options.
I think you're talking about Matt Bowen here, and yes, I agree with you, the segment was ridiculous. It was called something to the effect of the "Matt Bowen Film Room." I used to listen to the segment on Holmes' show on the way back from work and I wanted to call in and say "you know you guy's are doing radio, right?"
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