I bet if you'd poll all sports analyst in the country, 99% would know basic facts about the most popular sports. Like, Nascar has a chase for points that determines the champion. They wouldn't know the intricate point details, but they would know that basic statement. the 1% that doesn't know: Herb Herbstreit & Doug Flutie.
Well...I don't know sh*t about NASCAR either....don't particularly care to.... EDIT: But I do know about the Nextel Cup...couldn't tell you the point details or who the top 10 drivers are...
Well, whoopty frickin doo. You're not a sports analyst working for ESPN. If you were you'd know the happenings of popular sports by just absorbing a bit of the culture/scene of your business. Whether you liked it or not, unless you are an imbecile.
So, you think he doesn't know anything based on that one little segment of him. Sounds like a good way to go about it.
I see your point, but as far as Herbstreit is concerned, he was hired to cover college football. And he does just that (whether we feel he does a good job of it or not).
He told Brent Musberger that he knew absolutely nothing about it. Didn't even know that they raced for points to determine a champion.
I'm sure Herbie knows that the chase exists. Flutie too. But these guys jobs have them pretty booked up through the weekends (when NASCAR races are happening) so they probably don't have the time, nor do they care about a sport which pays them 0 to foolow as opposed to the ones that they participated in and still make a considerable salary from.
Did he say that he "didn't know they raced for points'? Or did he only say he knew "nothing about it"? Because I would define myself as pretty much knowing "nothing about it", but I do know that they get points. How they collect these points is beyond me however.
