I'll take blunt honesty, bravado, throwing barbs, and cockiness/confidence over pussyfooting, hugging it out, and ass kissing any day of the week. I'll take those involved verbally sparring with each other.
By the way, there are sports that have the trash talking thrown around all the time. MMA, professional wrestling, boxing, football, for example.
I'll take these casters easily. They still give great analysis, AND also offer entertainment value to draw my attention even more.
Someone like Cris Collinsworth, who constantly coddles the hairy beanbags of both Peyton Manning and Tom Brady...no thanks. A lot of the commentators for a lot of the sports...I'd rather record flatulence over hearing the droning and carebear aura coming from them.
Also, one of the best attacks you can do to an opponent, is renting space in his/her mind, poking, ribbing, dumpster-talking that opponent. Because if they're thin-skinned, or bruise easily, like it appears you do, OP, they'll go on tilt. You get an advantage over them. And when you beat them, you turn that apartment you're renting in their thinking dome, into a house. And it's in human nature to seek an advantage, including mentally.
The casters here also enjoy participating in the entertainment factor, by "calling out teams," as you put it. Show me in the rules that say they have to be LoL's version of Barney and Friends.
According to the Oxford Dictionary, here is a definition of your word "professionalism:"
The practicing of an activity, especially a sport, by professional rather than amateur players.
What defines a professional? Getting paid for the job. These casters are not only paid to give analysis and breakdowns, but also to fuel the entertainment....the hype....to tell a story in the match if it's between rivalries even. They're doing their jobs wonderfully, to my viewpoint at least.
