By the same token said commentators and pundits saying about a foul in the box where a penalty isn't given "if that was anywhere else on the pitch it would be a free kick".
AKA wafting.
My sister got a detention for excessive wafting when she was at Brighton and Hove High School for gaaaaaalllls.
The headmistress felt it unbecoming.
I think it's more the fact it is an Americanism and the continued use of such phrases in the vernacular in this country because of the popularisation of American culture means it has become acceptable as part of our lexicon makes it irksome to some.
My own pet hates that haven't been covered...