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Message: [QUOTE="and one, post: 3843737, member: 10475"] I'll forgo complaining about the refs as ref issues are, with few exceptions, every sport and every game, and are just part of the natural order of things. There is an issue with women's basketball announcers that have annoyed me for a good while and this seems like a good thread to vent. Many, not all but many of the announcers feel obliged to call every good play (and a good many everyday plays) in ALL CAPS, [B]bolded[/B], and ending with multiple !!!!!s. Watch men's games, college or pro, and the announcers pretty much accept that the players can do amazing things on a regular basis and save the superlatives for the truly superlative plays. On the women's side it is an incessant Gee Whiz style of announcing - [B]THAT's A 3!!!! [/B]or [B]and she gets fouled and goes to the line!!!! [/B]or [B]she gets the block!!!! [/B]Is it just trying to hype women's basketball or are the announcers watching their first game? Not only is it annoying but strikes me as somewhat insulting to the athletes. It's as if they feel obliged to let us know that women can play basketball really well. Yeah, we get it. Calm down, please. [/QUOTE]