Quote: Wellsy13 "This is usually how most fans feel when their team plays one of the Sky Team's favourites. The amount of bugging up of Morgan Escare in the game against Hull as irritating. Constantly going on about how talented a young man he was, how we needed to look out for him all the time, how he was nearly the young player of the year. No mention of the ACTUAL young player of the year playing in the opposite side!
And don't get me started on the "brilliant by Leeds" / "oh Leeds have let the opposition in" attitude for every Leeds game against a team not in the big four! Completely disrespectful to the efforts of the other team.'"
I agree with the thrust of your complaint.
However all the television commentators feel compelled (perhaps on orders from their superiors) to create new emerging stars for the viewers to be attached to. It is a marketing ploy for the telecast. Remember how a few years ago the BBC raved about Sebastien Raguin (in his fat old days) before and during the Challenge Cup semi-final for surprise contender Toulouse against Leeds? At least Raguin obliged them by making a great line break and sidestepping Richie Mathers to score a try. Escare has done some exciting things as well to justify his celebration. But the Sky commentators' relentless rants go over the top at times.
The NRL commentators do it too, though more Channel 9 than Fox. Ray Warren and Phil Gould become obsessed with certain players.
The star system is important for ratings. But most of the commentators treat the viewers like children, just because many of them are, mentally if not biologically. It irritates the more sophisticated viewers.
