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Conference 7.286::sports_90

Title:OURGNG::SPORTS - Digital's daily tabloid
Notice:Please review note 1.83 before writing anything.
Moderator:VAXWRK::NEEDLE
Created:Thu Dec 14 1989
Last Modified:Fri Dec 17 1993
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:438
Total number of notes:50420

405.0. "There ought to be a law..." by COBRA::BRYDIE (Do the Right Thing) Fri Nov 02 1990 22:45

    
     While watching the ring announcer before the Douglas-Holyfield
    fight not to mention Sugar Ray's annoying presence it occurred
    to me that there ought to be a law that Michael Buffer be the 
    ring announcer for all championship fights.
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405.1Don't get me startedCOBRA::BRYDIEDo the Right ThingFri Nov 02 1990 22:473
    
     There ought to be a law against artificial turf.
     
405.2Lllets get ready to rrrumble!MPO::MCFALLShe's myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy babyMon Nov 05 1990 12:0310
>     While watching the ring announcer before the Douglas-Holyfield
>    fight not to mention Sugar Ray's annoying presence it occurred
>    to me that there ought to be a law that Michael Buffer be the 
>    ring announcer for all championship fights.

	I agree with this. Buffer is absolutely the best. He adds to 
atmosphere of a fight, which is hard for someone in his postion to do.

	Jim M

405.3I'll cast my vote elsewhereGLOVES::ALLERTONCleto ReyesMon Nov 05 1990 14:5014
    
    I don't necessarily agree ... I could take or leave the "let's get
    ready to rumble" line.  I personally feel that the ring announcer, like
    the referee, shouldn't draw a lot of personal attention.  Announcers
    like Buffer and Atlantic City's Ed Darian come across as having an
    exaggerated sense of self-importance, and in my view, introduce a
    sleazy quality to the event.
    
    If I were writing a law to restrict the profession to single
    individual, it would designate Chuck Hull of Las Vegas - no frills,
    no flash, just facts - delivered in a tone that suggests the fight, not
    the announcer, as having some degree of importance.
    
    Steve 
405.4JUST A FRILLCOMET::HANCOCKSMon Dec 03 1990 14:369
    WELL, NOW THAT YOU HAVE ME STARTED,  THERE SHOULD BE A LAW AGAINST
    RIGGED FIGHTS AND PLAYERS THAT ARE PAYED OFF.  ONE EXAMPLE IS ELWAY. 
    HE IS THE ONLY QUARTERBACK THAT CAN THROW A PERFECT BALL INTO A
    DEFENSIVE MAN.  ONE OTHER EXAMPLE IS THE FIGHT BETWEEN DOUGLAS AND
    HOLLYFIELD.  BOTH THESE MEN RIGGED IT TO MAKE MILLION.  
    
    JUST AN OPINION
    
    THE BART.