Brent Musburger Comments

[bmorepunk]

Eye candy for wrestling fans when wrestling isn't on TV for them to watch?

I also question how hetero "professional wrestling" is, and given how important that being non-gay is to the bulk of the audience it's pretty ironic.

[Fang]

Trotting around on a stage in a swimsuit.

Oh, the horrors!

So, besides grotesque, what would you call some of the contestants for Mr. America?

OMG!! I was once at the beach and ALL the women were parading around in a swimsuit. It was horrible!! Ugh.


LMAO!!!

[bmorepunk]

So you're saying there was water there?

[Brohan]

Close to male strippers. I know a couple of bodybuilders and they can't tell me what isn't homoerotic about a competition where you accentuate muscles (as opposed to trying to get strong), get into a Speedo, fake tan and grease yourself up, then prance around and display in front of an audience of other guys.

No creepier than watching Iggy Pop gyrating on stage shirtless for a bunch of ugly guys in leather and black.

[EmDot]

Close to male strippers. I know a couple of bodybuilders and they can't tell me what isn't homoerotic about a competition where you accentuate muscles (as opposed to trying to get strong), get into a Speedo, fake tan and grease yourself up, then prance around and display in front of an audience of other guys.

Do they win scholarships? Most women enter beauty contests looking to further their studies/careers. Very few body builders enter their contests for the same reason as far as I know.

[cprenegade]

I heard Musberger make those comments live. I remember thinking that he seemed to be going a bit overboard. I found nothing wrong with them, but figured in today's insane politically correct world somebody would make an issue of it. Sadly, I was right.

[cprenegade]

No creepier than watching Iggy Pop gyrating on stage shirtless for a bunch of ugly guys in leather and black.

Wow. I wonder if anyone except you and me really knows who Iggy Pop was and what he did on stage back in the day?

[bmorepunk]

Do they win scholarships? Most women enter beauty contests looking to further their studies/careers. Very few body builders enter their contests for the same reason as far as I know.

They get awards and sponsorship deals, although it seems like like quite the trade off given that they're mostly drug-ridden freaks (there are clean leagues, but they're not popular).

On the scholarship front, I see where you're coming from. Miss America is a "scholarship pageant" instead of "beauty pageant" like the others. The Miss America scholarships range from $10,000 to $50,000 for the top five finishers, but everybody else gets under $10,000 with nearly all getting $3,000 to $4,000. Even if you win the whole thing and get $50,000 you probably aren't offsetting the cost of being involved with the pageant in the first place with the scholarship, especially if you've been in the pageant cycle since you were a kid. Apparently most of the participants are either near the end of college or have already graduated, so the scholarship ends up getting donated back to the system or to pay off student loans if they have them.

Katherine Webb was Miss Alabama USA, which is part of Trump's Miss USA pageant. This is a straight-up beauty pageant (no scholarships) with the whole point being "am I more attractive than the others". That's why I said she had no problem with Musberger saying what he did; it's free marketing of her.

I also see some humor in girls being in pageants for college money, since that's allegedly what nearly every stripper is in their profession for.

[reg_indy]

I heard Musberger make those comments live. I remember thinking that he seemed to be going a bit overboard. I found nothing wrong with them, but figured in today's insane politically correct world somebody would make an issue of it. Sadly, I was right.

I heard it live also, and thought it biorderline over the top, but nothing more...

Ms. Webb wasn't offended, so we shouldn't be...

[octoburn]

Mr. Musburger is old enough to be her great~great~grandfather. I wonder how he would feel if any of his elderly friends were to leer at any great~great~granddaughters he might have and they told him how attractive they found them to be?

[Rael]

Mr. Musburger is old enough to be her great~great~grandfather. I wonder how he would feel if any of his elderly friends were to leer at any great~great~granddaughters he might have and they told him how attractive they found them to be?

So, assuming she is 20, her parents are 40, her grandfather is 60, her great grandfather is 80, Brent looks pretty good for being around a hundred...

[bullmikey]

Mr. Musburger is old enough to be her great~great~grandfather. I wonder how he would feel if any of his elderly friends were to leer at any great~great~granddaughters he might have and they told him how attractive they found them to be?

He would most probably feel they were really over reaching in their ambitions that's all.

[Sprightly]

The recipient of the compliments was not offended so someone else must step in for her -- like she's too dumb to know if she's been offended. SMH Mind your business you freaks!

[Sprightly]

p.s. Even Webb's parents said to lay off Musburger. I think their opinion matters more than the controversy seekers.

[Sprightly]

So, assuming she is 20, her parents are 40, her grandfather is 60, her great grandfather is 80, Brent looks pretty good for being around a hundred...

Of course he's not old enough to be her great-great grandfather. Good grief. People have lost their collective minds. Musburger is 73.

[bmorepunk]

She and her parents are smart enough to know that they can leverage this for maximum profit. So many people were looking her up after the game; it may be one of the best things to happen to her because of the exposure.

[octoburn]

She and her parents are smart enough to know that they can leverage this for maximum profit. So many people were looking her up after the game; it may be one of the best things to happen to her because of the exposure.

Without doubt.

[bmorepunk]

Pro wrestling is based on appreciation of the athletic prowess of the wrestlers too.

It's like a soap opera with steroid users. If steroids are involved, I'd rather watch powerlifting or strongest man competitions; at least there is some kind of performance associated with their freak status.

[CajunRaven]

Trotting around on a stage in a swimsuit.

So women wearing Bikinis on the beach?

Bikini contests?

[Wes]

Do they win scholarships? Most women enter beauty contests looking to further their studies/careers. Very few body builders enter their contests for the same reason as far as I know.

You can't go too hard on dude. I mean look at his screen name......