The NBA MVP voting just got a little more objective.
If you've got NBA League Pass or even just enough discretionary income to have a cable or satellite package that allows you to check out regionally-televised games from time to time, you probably loathe certain local announcers.
They're the biggest homers since Bart and Lisa Simpson's dad, and with good reason — the teams pay them to be. Some are so annoying, you probably just watch the game on mute like the rest of the country does whenever Reggie Miller calls a game. Now, their influence will be limited to the two and a half hours they're on the air. Apparently, the NBA has taken away their ability to impact history, announcing it has banned all team-employed media from voting for league awards.
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The news was disseminated on Twitter by team broadcasters Mark J. Doyle (Pacers) and Chuck Swirsky (Bulls), and they both agreed with the move.
Hey, @JaredSGreenberg....team broadcasters are no longer involved in the voting process. Just learned this today.
— Mark Joseph Boyle (@Mark_J_Boyle) April 3, 2017
I was informed of this as well and completely understand . https://t.co/ygE4d9TH0O
— chuck swirsky (@ctsbulls) April 4, 2017
It seems both of these guys understand the responsibility of being a voter, and acted accordingly. It's also cool they don't have a problem with the league removing the temptation, for others, to side with their employer and eliminate the very possibility of impropriety.