What, no Olympics thread?

[Desdichado]

why can't that put sabre on TV? All I have now is either a 2 man rowing or the women's soccer.

They will, but it's on a second tier channel like CNBC I think. Check out http://www.nbcolympics.com to find out what's being broadcast where.

 

[Crothian]

the interesting stuff is actually on the second tier channels.

 

[Krug]

Yao Ming shoved some New Zealand guy in Basketball prelim earlier.. and didn't get called! C'mon refs! This ain't the WWE!!

 

[drothgery]

I haven't seen archery yet and I hope to. Least Gena Davis was trying out this year

There's an American woman who's made it to the final 8. I expect she'll show up on NBC if she medals.

I've got a radical idea for changing the broadcast format, though. When the Olympics aren't in the Americas (so very few events can be shown live, except when most Americans are asleep or at work), NBC shouldn't try to broadcast entire events. By 8 PM Eastern (or Pacific), all the events for the day are long since over (and "tomorrow" hasn't started yet), and thanks to the Internet, radio, and SportsCenter, anyone who cares already knows who's won the big events of the day. So They should just do something along the lines of an extended, Olympic-focused SportsCenter for their prime time coverage. Show highlights. Do puff pieces on the people who actually medaled. Don't spend a lot of time on a puff piece on the American, only to see him finish 7th. Do do an occasional puff piece on a non-American (but show at least highlights of every American that medals; this is for NBC, after all).

 

[Crothian]

What they need is a listing of all the events and after they are done a way to download or stream the video so people can watch exactly what they want.

 

[tarchon]

Nah, no D&D event yet.

 

[Crothian]

well, not sure D&D is remotely close to a sport.....

 

[diaglo]

well, not sure D&D is remotely close to a sport.....

i've had spectators.

and the hooligan had to be ejected...

very bad experience.... negative xps really

 

[Crothian]

I've gamed with spectatros to...though the guy selling popcorn and peanuts was a little odd......

 

[stevelabny]

my friends and i were discussing this the other day.
around here...
SPORTS fans dont watch the olympics.
the regular non-sports following people do.

sports fans despise the olympics.
it makes a big deal about things that are unimportant.
like 2nd and 3rd place.

and also, why do the change the rules to EVERY sport?
while flipping the channels the other day, we came across beach volleyball. the ONE rule of volleyball is that you only get points on your serve and THEY CHANGE IT. teams were getting points on either serve. GAH.

its unforgiveable the way the olympics massacres all that is right and good about sports.