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Why the hate for Berman?
Too much too list for me. But I'm bored.
If he was new on the scene maybe I think it might be different. But it's the same stuff from him since the 80's. He's completely ruined the HR Derby (not that it's a big deal obviously, but it's borderline unlistenable for a lot of ppl), his shtick on the NFL platforms was old by the mid-90's, and he provides nothing to the viewer other than kissing every athlete's butt to the point where you could watch him for an entire season and not hear even one peep of critical thinking or statements. That's fine if he was a James Brown-type, but he's not. He often acts like he is the 5th member of "NFL Experts" on his show(s) and we get to hear is stale opinions. And yes he is on the Mt. Rushmore of "Brett Favre is my religion" media members so that also does not help him for me.
Plus for me the fact that for the last 10 years I have had to see him (a sports announcer) hawking countless products every season on my TV sorta put him over the edge for me. There's something about seeing Chris Berman doing commercials for Doritos, then video games, then Applebees, then Nutrisystem (I'm forgetting some too).