More Football, Less Freak, PLEASE!!!
I don’t know why I continue to listen to Paul Finebaum’s show every day. I guess I continue to hope that I might learn something new about Alabama football, or football in general, or sports, or interesting sports figures or anything sports related.
It is supposed to be a sports talk show, right? sighhhhh
And while little sports tidbits do seem to pop up occasionally on Mr Finebaum’s show, the vast majority of the time on the show is spent taking calls from barely audible idiots who want to yell at eachother, or the show’s guests, or at Finebaum himself.
WHY??????????? WHY???????????????
With the advent of the internet, we all have a choice of listening to a plethora of radio shows that stream live through our computers. In fact, that’s how I access Mr. Finebaum’s radio show - via the internet. But what I’ve noticed is that none of the other sports radio shows I listen to allow the type of calls that Finebaum takes. And I think most people understand that there is a reason for that.
Do I think that at one point, it may have been slightly entertaining to listen to the likes of Tammy and Charles? Possibly. But as I try to explain to my 3 year old, a joke is only funny the first couple of times you tell it…after that it begins to get old, and frankly, annoying.
And we are WAY past the stage of being just old and annoying, Mr Finebaum. It’s stupid. And I continue to wonder why a radio host who is on the list of the most influential people in the SEC continues to allow it?
So, you may say to me, “Why do you keep listening? Turn the dial if you hate it so much.”
I’ve asked myself that question before, and I do turn the dial occasionally. But I continue to listen because I want to hear about Alabama football - about SEC football. I don’t want to hear about national sports and then 5 seconds about my team, which is what I get on most other stations.
So Mr. Finebaum, PLEASE, I’m begging you, PLEASE… CAN the freaks and talk about football!!!! Have guests and callers on your show who can talk intelligently about football (ahem, more Cecil Hurt, please)!!!! That’s why people take time to listen to your show!!!!!!!! And if callers are rude and yell at your guests (case in point, wack-job Jim), then get their ass off the phone! That’s what any host worth his salt would do. Show the freaks the door and let’s talk football.
Kickoff is 3 weeks from today. If you can’t talk about football at this point, then you shouldn’t be on the radio.