Difficult conditions

Dear Football announcers and everyone else who writes and/or speaks for a living.

Averse and adverse are not the same word. That one little "D" makes a world of difference.

To offer an analogous example: "Sit" describes an action you might take before you do something that can be described by adding one little "H" to that word. This second word also, conveniently, describes your grasp of the English language if you don't know that averse and adverse are different words.