According to the Fanhouse's own Michael David Smith, CBS eliminated sideline reporters and nobody noticed. Smith's comment is actually very representative of what many people think: sideline reporters are useless and, like most useless objects, they should be thrown into the trash.First, let me point out, that I am very partial to Bonnie Bernstein. Nothing, to me, is sexier than a woman who knows sports. Before I go Joe Namath on this blog, let me also add that she is a terrific sideline reporter. She is a true professional, she takes her job very seriously, and she asks all the right questions. In my opinion, it is sideline reporters like Bernstein and Michelle Tafoya that epitomize the way the sideline reporter job should be operated. But even the most seemingly useless sideline reporters are useful in some capacity.
The CBS broadcast dropped the ball big time in the Chiefs vs. Rams broadcast.
Because of CBS' hard-headed decision to eliminate sideline reporters, Chiefs' fans missed extremely valuable information on why four of their starters were hooked from the game with injuries, never to return. Shouldn't somebody at CBS notice when star linebacker Derrick Johnson leaves the game on crutches? Instead, we had to make that conclusion ourselves, asking ourselves why Keyaran Fox was playing snap after snap after snap. What about the status of the Chiefs' pro bowl guard, who was carted off the field? What about Greg Wesley, who left the game with a shoulder injury? What about potential Defensive Rookie of the Year candidate Tamba Hali, who left the game with a hip pointer injury. These are four marquee players that left the game and yet not a whisper from the broadcast crew. Not even a mouse squeak.
