The Problem With College Football Commentators

Every Saturday, I see the same tweets from hundreds of people:

– “Well, you can tell who the commentators are rooting for!”
– “Did the other team pay the commentators to say that?”
– “I bet the commentators are wearing the other team’s jersey!”

I understand that you have a vested interest in your team. When someone says something bad about your team, it’s like someone says something bad about your kid. You want to put up a fight.

But let’s be honest: Sometimes, your team plays like crap and you need to own up to it! At some point, you need to stop blaming the refs, commentators and the whole BCS system (even though it’s hard to call it a system).

If your team is going to be standout, then your coaching staff, offense, defense, playbook, and resolve has to be excellent.

Here’s the principle at work here:

If you want the “commentators” to praise “your team,” then your team needs to perform excellently!

I don’t care who you are:
If your team is undefeated, people notice.
If you are loaded with all-stars, people notice.
If you play well every time, people notice.

People don’t notice when:
…you play OK and get OK results..
…you have as many off days as on days.
…you give it your best and you don’t rank. (This isn’t kindergarten! You don’t get a gold star for effort!)

Hopefully, you’ve caught the transferable principle here. Only standout teams get noticed. Only teams that practice hard, perform well, and get results get noticed.

So which side is your team on? Don’t you dare get mad if the commentators are telling the truth.

Work hard.
Change the perspective.
Earn the right to be called number one.