2K Halftime Announcer Damon Bruce in Hot Water Over Rant on Women

[Mouse]

This may sound harsh, but can't he easily be replaced?

EDIT: you would have to find an announcer willing to read all that info about every team, score, player, etc, so maybe not

[The 24th Letter]

Quote: Originally Posted by yungflo

Well his knowledge doesn't come off in the game. 2k is going for the brief halftime look it seems. So if they are going that route, bring in some one that's at least entertaining during that short time. Bruce is "known" on the west coast. I'm pretty sure that many people haven't heard of him unless they are diehard sports podcast listeners or on the central or west coast Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

What knowledge are you looking to get from a 2 minute halftime show? Did you learn a lot from "Kenny's Pictures" back when he was doing the halftime show? At least Bruce sounded professional....

[yungflo]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

What knowledge are you looking to get from a 2 minute halftime show? Did you learn a lot from "Kenny's Pictures" back when he was doing the halftime show? At least Bruce sounded professional....

I'm not looking for any knowledge on a two min clip, I'm looking to be entertained. That's why I said what I said. If its going to be short at least be entertaining.

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[King_B_Mack]

Quote: Originally Posted by yungflo

They entertain the question a lot including stern. Saying it was a strong possibility. With the maybes and so forth.That's something IMO that should be quickly shot down. Men and women shouldn't play together. That's just my opinion. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

As you can see from this issue right now it would be complete stupidity to just shoot it down and not entertain the question and lose any female viewership the NBA has. Money is money. There is pretty much no chance you will ever see intergender basketball teams in the NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL or just about any other top pro sports league in the country outside of NASCAR and the PGA tour. Answering questions about something and actually doing it are two different things. David Stern gives lip service to the people of Seattle too and we see how he feels about them.

[LingeringRegime]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

Damon Bruce is "known"...and while he doesn't yell "Birdman Birdman", he's very knowledgable about the game....

I would rather have Bruce truth be told. I can't see Kenny and Barkley doing a lot of lines, plus who knows how they will act in the recording studio? Bruce plays games so he knows the deal.

Besides, you know that Kenny and Barkley aren't going to do ****, if they don't get PAID.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mouse

This may sound harsh, but can't he easily be replaced? EDIT: you would have to find an announcer willing to read all that info about every team, score, player, etc, so maybe not

Your statement isn't harsh at all, and he probably could be. 2K is stationed in San Rafael though I believe, so Bruce is somebody local enough to bring over for more lines if necessary. That helps make things easier.

However, your statement is a reflection of the video game, and not his career. Can he be easily replaced on KNBR? Ehhhh I'm going to miss Bruce a lot if he's fired. He's already been brought over to the sister station because he's not a homer for S.F. sports, and now that there are complainers KNBR might have to cover themselves again because of this segment? It's just too bad.

Again though, if we're talking about NBA 2K, I'm sure they'll have no problem getting someone else for next year. I certainly hope this doesn't mean they scrap the halftime show if they don't get somebody, though. Or I hope they just keep Damon.

[Optik]

Quote: Originally Posted by yungflo

They entertain the question a lot including stern. Saying it was a strong possibility. With the maybes and so forth.That's something IMO that should be quickly shot down. Men and women shouldn't play together. That's just my opinion.

It was a joke. When Cuban said he would take that tall girl who can dunk in the draft, he was obviously being unserious. It's just something that ESPN can use as a talking-point when they're having a slow news day.

[UnusualMattyB]

The WNBA IS awful. I would rather watch middle school boys basketball. AND...Why do we care so much about an opinion? That is why you hire someone to do your radio show. He didn't say anything untrue. If you are so worried about offending people, what about those people that are offended by the people that get offended by an opinion? So ridiculous. I'm fine with the WNBA being an option for ladies but don't pretend like it needs to matter to people. I am allowed to be bored by the WNBA and so is Damon Bruce. It isn't fun to watch ladies trying to act like men in any setting, let alone sports.