I am all for equality, but this is a case of rampant reverse sexism . Its ridiculous.
You could find 1000 blokes to do the job as well as Kelli did it, but no, we have to give the job to a woman, paying no regard to her relative ability ( or lack of ability for that matter )
It is interesting that what seems to have been lost in all of this is the fact that Ch 10 gave another of their sports reporters a chance to call a game the week before. That was always their intention during the NAB Cup. To reward their staff with an opportunity - the 2 people being Underwood & Waters
FWIW - Rob Waters called the Brisbane/Saints game the week before and to be honest IMHO he was woeful. But no-one has critiqued his efforts. I certainly don't think I read or heard a word about his performance. It is likely he will just not get another go
Last year I'm sure they gave Andy Maher a go as well and he hasn't been commentating matches on Ch 10 since, he remains stuck on the boundary line
So I am not really sure it can be classed as "rampant reverse sexism".
I agree totally that it should be a case of giving the job to the best available, a person's gender should not play a role. I think they (Ch 10) have simply given 2 people a chance at commentating nothing, more nothing less