Analyst A**holes

Recently, I have been wondering what the requirements are to be a sports analyst that appears regularly on television. I am getting sick and tired of some of the radical statements that they make, and the fact that they fail to base their statements, opinions and predictions on facts. Most of the time, they would rather make radical predictions that are completely illogical. No one calls them out on their ludicrous predictions, but when they get lucky and make a fluke prediction, they become are praised for their great understanding of their respective sport.
Over the last few months, ESPN has been a major player in my newfound despisal for a lot of sports analysts. Don't get me wrong, many of these professionals are doing their jobs extremely well. However, these are the guys who get hardly any air time during ESPN telecasts. They are the guys who are unrecognizable when they appear on the television.
The group of analysts who bother me most would have to be baseball. Some of these so-called pros are complete idiots. A perfect example of this would be how often Steve Phillips makes extreme statements about teams. About 2 months ago, the Yankees and Mets had small losing streaks. During these streaks, he decided that these two teams would not make the play offs because they were no where near this caliber. I guess it just happens to be luck that both teams are, as of right now, play off bound.
Some football analysts are starting to make similar mistakes. The NFL has been up and running for only 2 weeks. Some of ESPN's analysts are already labeling certain players as busts, and/or let downs. Surely, there are some players are not performing up to their expected standards, but after only 2 games, there is very little clear cut information available.
I understand that these analysts are professionals who definitely know how to do their jobs. I am not questioning the work they have done to get to their respected positions. However, sometimes these professionals do to much work in trying to make a story. They are sports analysts, not sports "over" analysts.