2008 Woodie Awards
UNCG's fledgling sports experts
Exploring the Department of Broadcasting and Cinema for educated sports opinion
Matteson Fields
Issue date: 10/24/06 Section: Sports
Whenever there is a big story in the world of sports, or at least a story that the world of sports wants to be big, networks like ESPN always look to a panel of experts for commentary on the subject.
Whether it be the divine wisdom of former players like Michael Irvin, John Kruk, and Steve Young (cough), or the infinite knowledge of coaches and general managers that ran their respective teams into the ground.
There are also some experts that aren't former players, people like John Clayton, Peter Gammons, and Peter King. These kinds of people simply study the game and no it like the back of their hand. No matter what the story; those are the sports personalities we are given for commentary. So when it came time to write a story on the UNCG perspective of some of the big stories in sports, the only natural thing to do was to turn to some expert… or better yet experts in training right here on campus.
Early on Tuesday and Thursday mornings on the third floor of the McIver building, Professor Frank Donaldson's Sports casting class (BCN 468) meets. The class only has three students; Scott Gustin, Kyle Butler, and Jack Goings, and in there they have been honing their knowledge of sports, as well as their announcing and play-by-play skills in hopes of a future in sports broadcasting. So they might not be bona fide experts yet, but hey, Tony Kornheiser had to start somewhere didn't he?
Each were asked a few questions that covered some of the major topics floating around in the sports world right now.
The first question was: Why do you think the sports media, pays so much attention to Terrell Owens?
This is a question that has been puzzling for quite sometime. No matter what T.O. does, no matter what team he is on, T.O. always manages to find the spotlight. Terrell Owens is currently the 40th ranked receiver in the league (22 catches, 277 yards, 4 TD's), yet he is still the most talked about. Why is this?
Butler and Goings' responses some it up quite nicely, "ESPN likes conflict, and nobody creates more conflict than T.O. They're just waiting for T.O to blow up at Bledsoe, and Bledsoe to blow up at T.O", said Butler.
Whether it be the divine wisdom of former players like Michael Irvin, John Kruk, and Steve Young (cough), or the infinite knowledge of coaches and general managers that ran their respective teams into the ground.
There are also some experts that aren't former players, people like John Clayton, Peter Gammons, and Peter King. These kinds of people simply study the game and no it like the back of their hand. No matter what the story; those are the sports personalities we are given for commentary. So when it came time to write a story on the UNCG perspective of some of the big stories in sports, the only natural thing to do was to turn to some expert… or better yet experts in training right here on campus.
Early on Tuesday and Thursday mornings on the third floor of the McIver building, Professor Frank Donaldson's Sports casting class (BCN 468) meets. The class only has three students; Scott Gustin, Kyle Butler, and Jack Goings, and in there they have been honing their knowledge of sports, as well as their announcing and play-by-play skills in hopes of a future in sports broadcasting. So they might not be bona fide experts yet, but hey, Tony Kornheiser had to start somewhere didn't he?
Each were asked a few questions that covered some of the major topics floating around in the sports world right now.
The first question was: Why do you think the sports media, pays so much attention to Terrell Owens?
This is a question that has been puzzling for quite sometime. No matter what T.O. does, no matter what team he is on, T.O. always manages to find the spotlight. Terrell Owens is currently the 40th ranked receiver in the league (22 catches, 277 yards, 4 TD's), yet he is still the most talked about. Why is this?
Butler and Goings' responses some it up quite nicely, "ESPN likes conflict, and nobody creates more conflict than T.O. They're just waiting for T.O to blow up at Bledsoe, and Bledsoe to blow up at T.O", said Butler.
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