Who out there can remember the original (actually second year) Monday Night Football lineup with Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, and Dandy Don Meredith??

You got decent play-by-play from Gifford, and fun comments and insights from Cosell and Meredith.

Flash forward to today. You get boring play-by-play from Al Michaels, silence from Frank Gifford, and inane comments (always) from Dan Dierdorf about offensive line play. And, these guys are making lots of money.

I wonder how many ABC-TV watchers are turning down the sound, and are listening to CBS Radio??

I mean, comparing Howard David's play-by-play to Al Michael's is like comparing shooting the rapids on the Colorado River to watching paint dry.

Two questions---

How would you like to be an ABC-TV advertiser?

Do you think that the viewers really turn the sound back on to listen to the commercials?

If the radio guys are better--which they are--why do the TV guys make more money? OR--put another way....Why aren't the radio guys doing TV??

I'd like to hear your thoughts.