I couldn't possibly agree with you more. I don't follow tennis at all, but this has been happening in the NFL especially (you could say it's always been like this l, but the point stands).
Take Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes for example. Both seemingly very likeable people who have the ability to play at the highest level in their field. I also don't have a team that's a rival with them, so I'm not biased to hate them lol
However I dread watching them nowadays because the announcers won't stop hyping them up and talking about how "Any play could be the greatest play ever with guys like this!" and "Oh man, everything they do is so unprecedented! They make it look so easy, so it'll only get better!" until you eventually find yourself rooting for them to fail. The announcers deify them until they're completely unrelatable and unfun to watch, so you cheer for whoever they're against just to feel like the outcome isn't predetermined.
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I couldn't possibly agree with you more. I don't follow tennis at all, but this has been happening in the NFL especially (you could say it's always been like this l, but the point stands).
Take Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes for example. Both seemingly very likeable people who have the ability to play at the highest level in their field. I also don't have a team that's a rival with them, so I'm not biased to hate them lol
However I dread watching them nowadays because the announcers won't stop hyping them up and talking about how "Any play could be the greatest play ever with guys like this!" and "Oh man, everything they do is so unprecedented! They make it look so easy, so it'll only get better!" until you eventually find yourself rooting for them to fail. The announcers deify them until they're completely unrelatable and unfun to watch, so you cheer for whoever they're against just to feel like the outcome isn't predetermined.