Olbermann Booted from Football Slot

Keith Olbermann has been booted from NBC's "Sunday Night Football."

Reportedly, bosses are resolving a conflict between Olbermann's nightly harangue-fest on cable and the football pre-game show -- a conflict causing him to miss some Friday night broadcasts.

NBC officials assured reporters that Olbermann's florid, left-of-center politics and tendency to rant against Republicans is not the reason he is being yanked.

I would suggest otherwise. Olbermann's usual demeanor radiates poorly-corralled grudges and obvious anger toward those who disagree with him. When people see his face, the first thought is "What's he pissed-off about now?" Viewers automatically relate Olbermann with insult-spewing and complaining, never initiating or contributing to rational dialogue. Heh. Sportscasters and commentators need to be a bit more level-headed.

If we could read the NBC executives' minds, I suspect that they don't like Keith Olbermann any more than most television viewers which, by the way, isn't all that much if television ratings can be relied upon.

Tip: Charley Nestor