A couple of guys watching the same events
everybody else is, though they often have a general surface
knowledge of many more players, stats, and
happening around different leagues they announce for.
If an announcer or sports writer (or the ones who give them a script) were good at going in a game and scoring 30 something or 40 something points, they would be
on the team doing that. They add to a lot of the superhero hype that nobody can really live up to, and next thing you know, more people seem to want this guy
kicked off a team and moved to a different town, to run him
out of town. Some of the people behind some of these decisions think they own the leagues and the towns they play in.