He's NOT an Erin Andrews fan

Holy shit, was that awful. Another middle-aged dipshit in the He-Man Woman Haters Club. And the probably wasn't poor editing, it was poor writing.

The vitriol aimed at Erin Andrews just doesn't make sense to me, except that there are a lot of guys that just never grew up.

 

Why is it jealousy to be critical of Erin Andrews? Berman, Stewey, SAS and a host of others get ripped constantly but if someone thinks Andrews is mediocre at her job, it's jealousy. Is she horrible at her job? I don't think so but I don't think the sideline job brings much value to a telecast.

 

It is a double standard.... [/crossthread]

 

Because people don't say she's mediocre. They ogle her, discount her work, and treat her like less than human.

Saying "I just don't think Erin Andrews brings much to a broadcast" is not exactly the dominant critique of her.

 

Oh, that's right - and "I just don't think Berman/SAS/Rome/SkipBayliss/etc./etc. brings much to a broadcast" is the dominant critique of them.... :

It is like everything else, women want equality until it means they actually do get treated the same way men do, then they want to be treated with chivalry and as if they are some protected species....

If you are a broadcaster on ESPN especially, you will be ripped and critiqued for everything you do no matter if you are male or female.

And for the record, she brings nothing to a broadcast, which means she is no better or worse than 100 percent of the sideline reporters out there.

 

I quit reading at "plays host to." That's one of my pet peeves.

 

Like others here, I'm not getting the venom spewed her way. Sideline reporting in general adds little to a football telecast -- it's almost completely style over substance, particularly since Dr. Jerry Punch left football -- but to me it's obvious that Andrews worked hard to become more informed, ask better questions and balance the style/substance equation. Yes, she's still eye candy, but I think she's done more than a fair job.

 

My junior-level psychology theory is that there are a lot of middle-aged male sportswriters out there for whom Erin symbolizes what they couldn't have as adolescents. Similar to athletes, who symbolize what they couldn't be. The end result is resentment that slips out in their work.

 

So you're saying that she is (literally) the cheerleader they couldn't date in high school, who has now gone into their professional in a roundabout way and is getting more fame and fortune than they ever did?

 

I don't know if Erin was a cheerleader in high school.

 

I suspect this is very close to the truth.

 

She was a cheerleader at Florida, or whatever a "Dazzler" is:



That being said, Hoffarth completely misfired on this article. Bringing the "peeping tom" thing into seemed like a particularly low blow: she sure as hell didn't WANT that to happen and it seemed like she did the best she could to manage the situation once the pictures leaked out.