Ever have a bad day at the office? Well, it probably wasn't as bad as the day that British TV sports presenter Ortis Deley had when covering the 2011 World Track and Field Championships. It's bad enough that he made more than his share of mistakes, but most of them were made on live TV and now the footage will live forever on the Internet.
As presented by Sports Grid, Deley seemed to have lots of issues with the teleprompter and forgetting people's names.
After Britian's Channel 4 received "hundreds of complaints", they made the decision to drop Deley as the main presenter of the 2011 World Championships, although they claim that Deley will still be on the air during the competitions. You wish you could write this off as a really bad day at the office, but you somehow get the feeling from the video that maybe Deley was in just a little bit over his head.
Although Deley will have to live in infamy with this video now all over the Internet, you have to feel a little bad for him as he does seem like a decent guy. Hopefully things work out and he lands on his feet once this blows over.
...Horrible Track and Field Announcer [Sportress of Blogitude]
As presented by Sports Grid, Deley seemed to have lots of issues with the teleprompter and forgetting people's names.
After Britian's Channel 4 received "hundreds of complaints", they made the decision to drop Deley as the main presenter of the 2011 World Championships, although they claim that Deley will still be on the air during the competitions. You wish you could write this off as a really bad day at the office, but you somehow get the feeling from the video that maybe Deley was in just a little bit over his head.
Although Deley will have to live in infamy with this video now all over the Internet, you have to feel a little bad for him as he does seem like a decent guy. Hopefully things work out and he lands on his feet once this blows over.
...Horrible Track and Field Announcer [Sportress of Blogitude]
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