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Monday Night Football: The Legal Issues Are Complex

It is true, the legal issues surrounding Mike Vick, the pending federal charges against him for dog fighting, and the Atlanta Falcons’ attempt to recoup about $20 million in bonuses paid to their former star quarterback are all very complex. So much so, that a 24-hour TV sports channel could probably devote an entire one hour segment to examine all the issues and ramifications.

Instead, though, assistant legal aide in training Mike Tirico, without a doubt the worst play-by-play man in the universe, took the opportunity during last night’s Giants-Falcons tilt on Monday Night Football to try and unravel the whole sordid mess. While the game was in progress. Talking over the plays, pausing only a couple times to tell us the down and distance. Note to ESPN: We’re trying to watch a football game, not catch up on Court TV!

Of course that was the least egregious moment of night. Throw in a couple breathless rants on Eli Manning and the New York media from Tony Kornheiser (who’s voice rises to screaming eagle pitch by the end of the night) and whatever the hell Ron Jaworski is saying at any given moment and you had yet another unwatchable MNF game courtesy of the three-headed monster on ESPN.

They should have just let Jimmy Kimmel call the game by himself.

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