You may have seen Deadspin's media approval ratings, where blog readers pass judgment on on the members of the mainstream media. They're an opportunity for those who prefer to get their sports news and opinion in the blogosphere to have their say about those who provide the sports news and opinion on TV and in print.And in a stroke of genius, Ballhype has taken those approval ratings and condensed them into one handy Media Approval Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is a great thumbnail of the way blog readers view the members of the mainstream sports media, and it was interesting to see who comes in dead last, with an approval rating of 10%: CBS college basketball analyst Billy Packer.
Why Packer? Deadspin commenter Signal to Noise summarized what many in the blogosphere think, and this is the portion of his comment I can reprint:
Packer commentates on a sport that I can only assume he hates, based on what he says during games.Packer does, indeed, offer up a healthy dose of criticism and complaints during his college basketball commentary, and that's not the way to win popularity contests. Fortunately for Packer, he'll never know he's disliked online, because he doesn't own a computer.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Well, matter of fact, Billy ain't even a sports fan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_0xjkkuPr0
Posted at 9:05PM on Mar 25th 2008 by BrendanEff
2. A commentator who criticizes? What's the world coming to?
Hilarious really, given that 90% of blog posts are slams.
Posted at 10:27PM on Mar 25th 2008 by crabbie
3. Billy Packer SUCKS!! His grey bald head with all of his age spots all over his ugly head. He just called the Carolina vs. Kansa game OVER with 8 minutes left in the FIRST half KS up by 15. Yea that is a BIG lead but PACKER a supposed proffesional announcer is OBVIOUSLY an ANTI Carolina fan!!!!! I'll never watch CBS EVER again thank goodness for radio. NCAAA get rid of PACKER and CBS!!
Posted at 9:41PM on Apr 5th 2008 by Brian