In addition to being stunned by my ignorance, I must admit there is no excuse for this obliviousness. I have five sisters, all active on Facebook, some of whom are quite rigorous defenders of women’s rights. I like to consider myself a fairly observant fellow. It stuns me that I was so ignorant of this detail. And yet I was completely oblivious to this fact. Sure, there were sideline reporters but never did I hear a woman’s voice performing the play-by-play. Now that I think about it, yeah, there were never any women commentating. I had no idea a woman hadn’t been a play-by-play announcer in a game.
The Rams, being a lousy team, generally drew the worst announcers in the league. I often ranted about how bad was the commentary. I spent afternoons in the home of other friends watching Rams and other teams play. I went to taverns with friends and watched game after game.
I spent many hours in front of the television watching games. Louis, my interest in all things football has waned but until recently I was a big fan. The only woman to do so was Gayle Sierens way back in 1987. She will be the first woman to broadcast a Monday Night Football game and only the second woman to do play-by-play for any NFL game. In the sporting world, there is an interesting story developing in that a commentator named Beth Mowins has been scheduled to provide play-by-play services for the Monday Night Football game on September 11, 2017. ESPN announcer Beth Mowins covers an NCAA women's basketball game on March 5.
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