Pam Oliver. Some of you probably have no idea who she is, so FYI, Pam Oliver is the commentator on the football field for FOX. Oh, yes, every so often a network hits the ball out of the park. They have done so with Pam Oliver. She's better than the blonde dimwit who didn't know a touchdown from a home run that ESPN toots out there every so often. Nice fake tits and the flawless capped teeth couple with long blonde locks can't surpass a good looking real woman with a knowledge of football. Now let me clarify. I'm not offended by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders or the Raiderettes. I'm not offended by Hooters--in fact, I love their buffalo shrimp and consider it a staple food for a great football game. So the pretty blonde standing on the sideline talking to players doesn't phase me like it might some women. However, a trained monkey would be better at it. Her talking football is like asking most men to talk about make-up. But Pam Oliver is not the blonde ding-a-ling that sheerly got the job on her looks.
I know most people don't think this way, but it probably doesn't occur to most people how big of a stride this is. Some might argue that it's a stride for African-Americans, African-American women, minorities. Blah, blah, blah. Although minorities have it rough in many circumstances, football isn't one of them. Football commentary is definately not one of them. There are lots of men in football commentary--mostly former players and coaches. Although there was a time that you didn't see a black coach, there's none of that discrimination in the NFL anymore. Nope. And you get to see some of the greatest football players become successful commentators regardless of race. But the ESPN blonde that doesn't know anything about football without that earbud in her ear is just right on with the stereotype that women only watch football to appease their men. Bull twinkie. And thanks for FOX network for taking a giant leap in recognizing that hiring a woman, regardless of race, that knows about football is awesome--even better yet, an attractive woman who can speak about football. Yes, Pam Oliver is an attractive woman who "gets" football. Just like Danika Patrick is an attractive woman who can drive a race car. No one needs to hire the pretty idiot just to give the "boys" something to look at. No, they can hire someone who can do the job who happens to be attractive. Honestly if I have 2 games to choose from (usually all I have to choose from at best thanks to the NFL deal with DirectTV--who's the idiot that agreed to this? right sorry, back on point) and I'm up in the air of which game to watch, I watch FOX. In fact, I've started to refrain from watching Monday Night Football that ding-a-ling annoys me that much. I'm positive that ESPN could've found a woman that is attractive and knows football. In fact, I refer to this woman as a ding-a-ling because for the seasons that ESPN has had her, she still doesn't know football. She doesn't even have enough work ethic to learn after getting the job. I don't know who she blew to get the job, but of course, that's what perpetuates that stereotype--an idiot, unqualified, but nice tits, nice smile and nice fake blond in a bottle can have the job because the idiot that hired her was either hoping or did get blown. Meanwhile, FOX hired an attractive football fan to get the job done. So yes, strides for minorities, but the best represented minority here are women. Pam Oliver proves a woman can be attractive and know the job.
We used to say "We've come a long way baby" or "You go girl".... This is better. It's a simple reverence where women who love football (you know those of us that watch whether we have a man watching with us or not) choose to watch FOX over the other networks when the game is on.
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