Another Al-trocity

[profmom]

“I don’t spend any time at all learning what an Amanar is,” Al Trautwig, NBC’s longtime gymnastics play-by-play man, said in a recent interview.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/sport...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

And why no coverage of men's gym in prime time on Monday? Because the Americans didn't medal in gym, but other Americans medaled in other sports.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...19b4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com

 

[wnl256]

“I don’t spend any time at all learning what an Amanar is,” Al Trautwig, NBC’s longtime gymnastics play-by-play man, said in a recent interview.

He also, apparently, hasn't spent any time learning what an adoptive parent is.

 

[twinmomma]

He also, apparently, hasn't spent any time learning what an adoptive parent is.

I was hoping for some sort of Trautwig mute option last night. I was so disgusted by his comments about Simone's parents I really was hoping he wasn't even there.

 

[Mom2-4]

So annoying it's embarrassing.

 

[Natasha]

Best comment I read was that instead of the green, yellow, red to "help" us understand if the gymnast got a good score, there should be green, yellow, red bubbles above the commentators heads- Green for "ok," yellow for "he's about to say something stupid" and red for "Hurry, mute button NOW!"

 

[mandkmom]

Live feed is so much better. I can't stand to listen to Al. After the Simone parent comment and the apology that wasn't an apology- I have no tolerance for him

 

[Dahlia]

Ugh, Al. Insisting Sanne should be "writing in her diary" instead of calculating her score. (Because, you know, girls write in diaries because they can't do math. Sexist pig!)

 

[GymDad9.9]

Ugh, Al. Insisting Sanne should be "writing in her diary" instead of calculating her score. (Because, you know, girls write in diaries because they can't do math. Sexist pig!)

Did he say this? This guy needs to go.

 

[Seeker]

Did he say this? This guy needs to go.

Yeah, he totally said it. And he does need to go.

 

[profmom]

What would it take to get rid of him? It seems to me that people are even more vocal about how awful he is now than in 2012. Is there any chance at all that NBC will listen?

 

[LindyHopper]

They don't give a flying fig what gymnastics fans think. As long as "Madeline Midwest" isn't complaining, things will continue as usual.

 

[profmom]

But I think at this point Madeline Midwest has grown weary of the casual sexism.

 

[GymDad9.9]

What would it take to get rid of him? It seems to me that people are even more vocal about how awful he is now than in 2012. Is there any chance at all that NBC will listen?

Perhaps if former Olympians made their displeasure known as to how insensitive this man is......

 

[Dahlia]

Did he say this? This guy needs to go.

Yes. Not the part in the parenthesis, though, that was my snarky commentary. Sanne is 24. The diary comment not only was sexist, it also painted her as younger (she's not a teenager like Laurie).

 

[GymDad9.9]

Yes. Not the part in the parenthesis, though, that was my snarky commentary. Sanne is 24. The diary comment not only was sexist, it also painted her as younger (she's not a teenager like Laurie).

You can't be dismissive and sexist to the same people who you are making your living off of.

 

[lhmom]

I have been watching more of the live feed than I have prime time, especially since school started. Mainly because I cannot listen to Al anymore. I truly wish that any other network would get rights to the Olympics. I have been dissatisfied with the coverage for a while now.

 

[txgymfan]

School starts Monday here. I am dreading and looking forward to it.

Watching the Olympics together has been fun. Older girl is learning about other sports. It's our first Olympics together and she had never ever seen pole vault, water polo, beach volleyball, men's indoor volleyball ( she thought girls played it).