For ESPN and ABC to replace Dave O'brien and Eric Wynalda during MLS coverage with Ryan Hatch and Wayne Scholes

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In light of the new purchase of broadcast rights by ESPN of MLS matches and in light of Dave O'brien and Eric Wynalda's performance during the MLS All Star game Saturday, August 4, 2006, in which they would not call passes, gave useless anecdotes which they repeated throughout the match and then astonishingly missed the only GOAL of the match because they were not paying attention , we the American Soccer Nation have pretty had enough of O'brien and Wynalda and are petitioning ESPN and MLS to hire Real Salt Lake and KALL 700's play by play guy Ryan Hatch to call play-by-play and his color commentator Wayne Scholes who is a joy to listen to. In signing this we affirm that Ryan Hatch and In light of the new purchase of broadcast rights by ESPN of MLS matches and in light of Dave O'brien and Eric Wynalda's performance during the MLS All Star game Saturday, August 4, 2006, in which they would not call passes, gave useless anecdotes which they repeated throughout the match and then astonishingly missed the only GOAL of the match because they were not paying attention, we the American Soccer Nation have pretty had enough of O'brien and Wynalda and are petitioning ESPN and MLS to hire Real Salt Lake and KALL 700 AM's play by play guy Ryan Hatch to call play-by-play and his color commentator Wayne Scholes who is a joy to listen to. By keeping O'Brien and Wynalda ESPN and MLS are turning off both diehard fans and casual viewers of the sport and potentially alienating new converts with their mindless banter. Their commentary has become unlistenable and a distraction from the field of play. In signing this we affirm that Ryan Hatch and Wayne Scholes are the best broadcast team in America for the sport of Soccer.
An example of their work can be heard here: http://media27a.libsyn.com/mndteJd2cHmZfZZ4mHdppZqnkXqT/podcasts/rslaudio/opencup_colorado_game_08-02-06.mp3

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50 signatures
Goal: 50
Latest Signatures
31 December 2015
50. Dirk D | Soccer? Who cares about soccer? They should take it off espn all together
24 November 2015
49. Charles L | Send Dave O'Brien back to BASEBALL!! Please!!! He sucks
31 May 2015
48. Ben K | I support this petition
30 March 2015
47. John Schwartz | this is very important
19 October 2014
46. George B | I support this petition
18 June 2014
45. Stirling R | I support this petition
21 May 2014
44. Nicolas Spencer | Wholeheartedly endorse this. I understand more about what's going on in a game from *listening* to a broadcast from Hatch than I do *watching* a game with the other clowns.
15 May 2014
43. Ralph Miller | I support this petition
6 April 2014
42. Kelly C | I support this petition
2 February 2014
41. Max L | O'Brien is horrific.
21 August 2013
40. Luis M | I support this petition
20 August 2013
39. Jeff Walters | Or at least Tommy Smyth.
23 June 2013
38. The B | I support this petition
19 June 2013
37. Glen P | I support this petition
30 March 2013
36. Mike T | I support this petition
26 December 2012
35. Daveobrienstinks Nolan | Wayne Scholes could kill Dave O'Brien with his pinky finger.
5 December 2012
34. Titleixbaby Goodwin | O'Brien must go or I will never listen to ESPN's audio again. I'd rather listen to fingernails scratching a blackboard.
22 November 2012
33. Stephen S | Real commentators now!
15 September 2012
32. Ethan M | I support this petition
9 May 2012
31. Stephen Huffman | I support this petition
29 December 2011
30. Steve M | I support this petition
27 December 2011
29. Luis Rasmussen | I support this petition
18 September 2011
28. James W | I support this petition
11 June 2011
27. John G | ESPN, your baseball "style" of commentators for soccer sucks!
11 May 2011
26. Harold D | Dave O'Brien and Eric Wynalda are horrible. They're going to kill the sport's ratings if they are the Play By play people. I've heard Hatch and Scholes, they are MUCH better. Hire them yesterday!
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