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Bill Rosinski, the original radio voice of the Carolina Panthers, got rejected for the Baltimore Ravens\u2019 NFL play-by-play job Wednesday. And when he opened the rejection email that broke this news to him, he started laughing in disbelief.<\/p>\n

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The form letter read, in part: \u201cAt this time, we have decided to pursue other candidates whose background and experience are more closely aligned with the requirements of the position.\u201d<\/p>\n

And what requirements would those be, Rosinski thought? How could anyone be more \u201cclosely aligned\u201d?<\/p>\n

The 72-year-old broadcaster had already been the play-by-play man for two<\/i> NFL teams \u2014 the Panthers and, before that, the Atlanta Falcons. He worked for ESPN Radio for 10 years, calling NFL and college football games. He still works for PGA Tour Radio and calls occasional football games, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I just decided to put their letter out there on social media,\u201d Rosinski said in a phone interview Thursday, \u201cin a \u2018Hey, how funny is this\u2019 kind of way. I never expected what happened next.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ravens are looking for a play by play voice. I applied for the position and got this response. I\u2019ve been the voice of 2 NFL teams along with 10 years at ESPN Radio doing college football and 3 stints at Westwood One. The \u201crequirements\u201d line had me laughing. Oh well I tried. pic.twitter.com\/TIfmKZNozC<\/a><\/p>\n

What happened was that Rosinski\u2019s tweet went viral, with more than two million views in less than 24 hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the comments were all over the map,\u201d Rosinski said. \u201cSome people said, \u2018Bill, it\u2019s time for you to get put out to pasture.\u2019 And other people said, \u2018Hey, you\u2019re getting screwed.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Rosinski\u2019s tweet seemed to strike a chord with lots of people who have had to deal with getting rejected \u2014 from a potential job, college or relationship.<\/p>\n

The language in the form letter also sounded like the language in every form letter ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate the time and effort you put into interviewing with us,\u201d said the letter \u2014 in reality Rosinski was never interviewed by anybody but did answer some questions online. \u201cWe enjoyed getting to learn more about you as well as share about our team and organization. Please continue to monitor our website for future opportunities. We appreciate your interest in the Baltimore Ravens and wish you every success in your current search.\u201d<\/p>\n

Was the letter an example of AI run amok?<\/p>\n

Had an actual human even looked at his application material?<\/p>\n

Shouldn\u2019t a person with Rosinski\u2019s experience at least have received a courtesy call to gauge his interest?<\/p>\n

I called the Ravens Thursday to ask some of these questions and spoke with Chad Steele, who is part of the committee who will hire Baltimore\u2019s new radio broadcaster and also the team\u2019s senior vice president of communications. He said the Ravens were using an outside consultant as well as an in-house committee to review applications.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no AI used in this process,\u201d Steele said. \u201cA real person reviewed everything. We had about 150 applications, and we\u2019re at the finalist stage now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many of the original 150 applicants who didn\u2019t make the finals received a similar letter to the one Rosinski got, Steele said.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re curious as to what that job pays, incidentally, when the Ravens posted it publicly they said the salary would be $4,000 to $5,000 per game. An NFL season consists of 20-24 games, including the preseason and potential playoff games, so it will end up somewhere between $80,000 and $120,000 a year. The person hired will be an independent contractor, which is commonplace in the NFL these days for team broadcasters, and also have other radio and TV hosting assignments.<\/p>\n

Rosinski said he had \u201cnothing against\u201d the Ravens and hadn\u2019t really expected to get the job anyway. The fact that most of the work would be in the Baltimore area would have caused some upheaval in his life. He and his wife Jane currently split their time between their homes in Charlotte and Hilton Head. He\u2019s got a good life and is well aware of that fact.<\/p>\n

But as he\u2019s gotten older, Rosinski has wondered \u2014 like so many other people in the latter stage of their lives looking for full or part-time work \u2014 what role his age plays. Rosinski said he has applied for several NFL play-by-play jobs over the past few years and got interviewed by both New Orleans and Buffalo. Ultimately, though, those jobs went to someone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019ve found out over the years is that regardless of the job, there\u2019s often somebody there, somebody young who\u2019s maybe been on the broadcast sidelines or maybe a former player or whatever,\u201d Rosinski said. \u201cThe team doesn\u2019t have to move them. They can treat it like a part-time job. And they usually get the position. But then I saw that Dave Sims got hired (to do radio play-by-play) for the New York Yankees in his early 70s. And so I\u2019m thinking, \u2018Hey, there\u2019s still hope!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Rosinski called the first 200-plus games of the Panthers\u2019 existence. When fans think about that first Super Bowl team \u2014 about X-Clown and the Cardiac Cats and all the rest \u2014 Rosinski\u2019s is the voice they hear in their heads.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been 21 years since his last Panthers game working for the team, in January 2005. But Panthers fans who see him on a golf course or in the grocery store will still remember perhaps his most famous call: \u201cYes, Charlotte, there is a Super Bowl, and we\u2019re in it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Carolina didn\u2019t renew Rosinski\u2019s contract after that 10th season. That\u2019s another story, and Rosinski or I can tell it to you over a beer sometime.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t pretend to be totally objective about Rosinski. We\u2019ve been friends for decades, and I\u2019ve always thought he\u2019s one of the best play-by-play guys I\u2019ve ever heard.<\/p>\n

As for the Ravens, Rosinski said, he was disappointed in the outcome but not that surprised.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t hold anything against Baltimore,\u201d Rosinski said. \u201cI really just thought it was funny. That\u2019s just how jobs are handled these days. Early in my career, if you didn\u2019t get a job, nobody even told you. There was just complete silence. You had to call the office and say, \u2018Did they fill that position?\u2019 And maybe they\u2019d tell you something then. So at least they send you a letter nowadays. But I will say that I\u2019m glad I had the bulk of my career when I had it. Things have certainly changed in this business.\u201d<\/p>\n

That goes for every business, of course. But kudos to Rosinski for even applying for a new job at age 72.<\/p>\n

And kudos to anybody else 50 and over who\u2019s doing exactly the same thing. You miss 100% of the shots you don\u2019t take, as Wayne Gretzky and Michael Scott famously said.<\/p>\n

Rosinski\u2019s still got the itch to work, and so he\u2019s still out there working, because he wants to be. That\u2019s all any of us can ask for, right?<\/p>\n

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