How Long Till We Have No "Honey Shots"?

RollTide1017 said:

See, this is the part I completely disagree with. I don't think what he said was inappropriate. He never used the word sexy, hot or any other more sexual in nature words. He called her beautiful. Even the young lady herself said she had no problem with his comments and took them as a compliment, she said something like "what lady doesn't like being called beautiful". Well, gathering from all the outrage, there are plenty in this country that don't want to be called beautiful. Can't believe that it is know "creepy" to call a lady beautiful.

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Atl Joe said:

Personally, I am partial to the Crimsonettes.....

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Rasputin said:

Is that like raisinettes? Sounds delicious...

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AmeliaGayle said:

I think shots of the Crimsonettes and the male and female cheerleaders are great to linger over, because they and their sex appeal are there to be part of the pageantry. Sexiness if a blessing, and its healthy to enjoy looking at beautiful people.

Where the inappropriateness of this particular case comes in is the fact that Dee Dee and Katherine were not there as part of the pageantry. They were there as private citizens. Anything that would be inappropriate to say to them at The Summit becomes creepy to say on the air. It doesn't make Musberger a bad person that he said those things, but a person of character is more respectful of the dignity of others.

Of honeyshots in general, I think of them in the same way. It's like sitting in a park and looking at young women or men through binoculars without their knowledge. Is it pleasurable, yes, but it is not what a person of character does. I like my football with class. If I want to be titillated by looking at creepershots, I'll go to 4chan.

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rizolltizide said:

Binoculars are on of the great inventions of mankind. I love getting all titillated and stuff.

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rgw said:

I think the Katherine Webb issue exposes a bigger issue than what has been the concern of the media pundits following the game. ESPN put a lot of money into these games and coverage of the games. Accordingly, the "above the line" guys want backstory, narrative, context, whatever you may call it. In their apology over this issue they state how Miss Webb and McCarron was an interesting story given the Alabama-Auburn connection. They basically admitted that their "gameplan" for the coverage was to mention this story at some point during the game from the get-go.

I, for one, am about tired of the girlfriend, momma & daddy, etc shots anyway. I'm tired of having to get a "taste of the town" or the like. I'm tired of every crew having glorified segments during a football game. I don't care about your thoughts on NIU being in the BCS or whatever else topical discussion you've been given a greenlight to soapbox. Just cover the darn game and if it become a blowout...tough titty, stick to the game...nobody but the partisans are going to be watching in a 35-0 game and they'd rather hear you talk about how awesome their team is doing than the topical discussion of college football.

Also, the expansion of College Gameday is annoying because they've basically loaded it down with Tom Rinaldi Human Interest Pieces™. I guess they had to do something with him or his only job would be to do Prologue and Epilogue segments to bookend their big events. Sports are suppose to be a respite from the woes of the world and I'm about tired of seeing depressing things every Saturday morning.

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AmeliaGayle said:

I think shots of the Crimsonettes and the male and female cheerleaders are great to linger over, because they and their sex appeal are there to be part of the pageantry. Sexiness if a blessing, and its healthy to enjoy looking at beautiful people.

Where the inappropriateness of this particular case comes in is the fact that Dee Dee and Katherine were not there as part of the pageantry. They were there as private citizens. Anything that would be inappropriate to say to them at The Summit becomes creepy to say on the air. It doesn't make Musberger a bad person that he said those things, but a person of character is more respectful of the dignity of others.

Of honeyshots in general, I think of them in the same way. It's like sitting in a park and looking at young women or men through binoculars without their knowledge. Is it pleasurable, yes, but it is not what a person of character does. I like my football with class. If I want to be titillated by looking at creepershots, I'll go to 4chan.

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