Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Mini-rant: Announcer-speak

Dr. James Naismith invented the wonderful game of basketball with 13 original rules. Rule number eight stated, "A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the grounds into the basket." The former physical education professor must be rolling in his grave in Lawrence, KS, then, given the number of announcers and hoops talk pundits who insist on using the phrase "score the basketball."

Seriously, the only way one scores is with the basketball, with said ball going through the basket. Unless I'm missing something, there is no other way to get a point registered on the scoreboard.

C'mon, announcer people--can't you just say "(name of player) is a scorer," or "he scores well?" Just as there is an emphasis to clean up the game on the court, let's clean it up on air as well--less, in this case, is much, much more.

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