Olympic Excitement

[dps]

Americans would probably feel better about the Olympics, if a new network would take the rights away from NBC.

Name a sporting event.  If NBC covers it, I'd fell better about it if another network took the rights away.

[Barrister]

Americans would probably feel better about the Olympics, if a new network would take the rights away from NBC.

Name a sporting event.  If NBC covers it, I'd fell better about it if another network took the rights away.

I didn't mind their Sunday Night Football package...

[alfred russel]

NBC is doing a lot better this year. Less fluff, more competition. I'm not sure why they need to use tape delays for games on this continent though.

[AnchorClanker]

Not surprisingly, the Winter Olympics is not getting that much coverage (by American standards) as I am used to...

[Barrister]

NBC is doing a lot better this year. Less fluff, more competition. I'm not sure why they need to use tape delays for games on this continent though.

Time-shifting.  Most events happen during the day, and NBC wants to show them during prime-time.

[alfred russel]

NBC is doing a lot better this year. Less fluff, more competition. I'm not sure why they need to use tape delays for games on this continent though.

Time-shifting.  Most events happen during the day, and NBC wants to show them during prime-time.

It is still kind of BS. You wouldn't time shift any other sporting event so it is televised in primetime.

I remember growing up watching the U.S. hockey team in school--they would bring in televisions when the team was playing and we would stop classes to watch. When the games were on during lunch, most of the boys would stay in the classrooms and eat at our desks to keep watching. A tape delay just wouldn't be the same.

[Barrister]

NBC is doing a lot better this year. Less fluff, more competition. I'm not sure why they need to use tape delays for games on this continent though.

Time-shifting.  Most events happen during the day, and NBC wants to show them during prime-time.

It is still kind of BS. You wouldn't time shift any other sporting event so it is televised in primetime.

I remember growing up watching the U.S. hockey team in school--they would bring in televisions when the team was playing and we would stop classes to watch. When the games were on during lunch, most of the boys would stay in the classrooms and eat at our desks to keep watching. A tape delay just wouldn't be the same.

Most other sports the networks have the influence to be able to convince the league to schedule games according to their own desires.  Why do you think there are so few daytime baseball games anymore?

But the Olympics are big enough, with worldwide television rights to sell, that no one broadcaster has that kind of pull.

That being said hockey tends to have a lot of late afternoon to evening games.

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey-schedule-results/



Oh, and Olympic curling starts tomorrow.

[Grey Fox]

Martin gets 1 more chance to Olympic gold.

He better not fuck it up, again.

[katmai]

US is to 8 medals overall, double any other looser nation!

[Jacob]

US is to 8 medals overall, double any other looser nation!

You guys are tight.

[katmai]

US is to 8 medals overall, double any other looser nation!

You guys are tight.

So says the one snowboarder, too tight even.

[Eddie Teach]

When did the US start being good at winter sports?

[katmai]

When did the US start being good at winter sports?

Fall of the Iron Curtain?

[Admiral Yi]

When did the US start being good at winter sports?

When they let in all the X Game weirdness.

[katmai]

When did the US start being good at winter sports?

When they let in all the X Game weirdness.

That would be just the Snowboard events which accounts for 6 events.