Is there a more useless and subjective sport than Dorsage (or Dressage or whatever)?? It’s the Summer Olympic equivalent of Curling – and not even because it all seems arbitrary – at least with curling you can see the comparison between two teams’ efforts.
The Olympic coverage sucks. Nobody knows enough to make the actual sporting endeavor compelling – they have to rely on taped features about the guy’s mom or something. It’s like NBC is taking a McDonalds approach. You can get good steak at Mortons and fish at Legal Seafood. Or you can go to McDonalds and get a Steak Bagel and a McFish.
And they never give you a schedule of what will be on when and on what channel. It’s like a lottery – tune in and hopefully you’ll find what you want. That’s not how my Tivo-trained mind works. Then you want me to go online to see highlights and force me to use a Microsoft-approved browser? Bullshit.
Why are 40 year olds allowed to compete in a competition for the youth?
It’s a competition that’s whored itself out for corporate sponsors – at least here in America. I’m sure the coverage in other countries is much better. I mean these guys are commentating from a studio in New York – they’re not even in Beijing.
It’s only 2 weeks – I’m sure you could spare a little expense, NBC.
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I’ve been watching the swimming and gymnastics every night, but those are the only ones I’ve figured out have consistent times, at least when I’m home to watch them. I watched some of the online videos NBC posted for the Olympic trials… I downloaded Microsoft Silverlight just to give it a try, and was shocked that it worked well. It’s a sharp departure from Windows Media Player, that’s for sure.
Comment by Phil — August 13, 2008 @ 10:37 pm