Well, they could do like everyone does around the world and show the events in both live and taped formats.
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Well, they could do like everyone does around the world and show the events in both live and taped formats.
Live Free or Die
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its the same thing indoor too.
CrunchinJelly
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This bball game is tight.
You're way more attention seeker than Bolt.
NBC is a business, they do things that will get them the best amount of money from advertising. If people don't like it then they shouldn't support it.
DanteFox
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thanks bro.
Who's going mental with orgasmic delight over Bolt, apart from that lady at the start of the 100m?
They're a business just like most of the companies that broadcast the Olympics around the world in the format I mentioned.
According to twitter the guy who threw the bottle on to the track got punched in the face by a Dutch athlete who was sitting near him and she had won bronze in the Judo.
Edith Bosch the name of the athlete. Her twitter.
Edith Bosch the name of the athlete. Her twitter.
Thing about beach volleyball is that you don't get the same experience on telly. The atmosphere is fantastic. Commentators get you involved. Dancers perform between breaks and between every point music plays so it's a fun vibe. It's done on purpose though because it would be dire without
Napoleonthechimp
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I'm wondering why everyone around me is borderline crazy.
I also wonder if there is some biological drive to have a belief in something greater than yourself which explains why secular people worship celebrities. I do remember there was a study which proved there is a portion of the brain devoted to social conformity... maybe my years of social isolation (and being beaten by other human beings) has stunted the development of that part of my brain.
KingItachi
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Onion_Relish
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KernelPanic
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Other countries manage somehow manage to show major events and tape delayed on prime time for those who missed without going bankrupt.
Look I'd probably be more excited for ultramarathons than the 100m if the olympics had them but you need to let it go. It's not a big deal. People like to watch fast running.
There are threads for this stuff, this isn't one of them.
So basically, you took people celebrating an event and turned it into a social observation in psychology? And then you call them borderline crazy? Well ok then.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I wish they showed the basketball half-time show.
You need to get out more if you think you are the sane one.
youngwerther
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Why do you guys keep quoting him and perpetuating the stupidity?
Just ignore him and he'll go away, how hard is it?
Just ignore him and he'll go away, how hard is it?
it's hilarious
They do sometimes, I was watching one of the USA matches I think and they had cheerleaders and guys bouncing lots of balls doing stuff
toastyToast
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because when someone comes to that conclusion, it's usually the case
dude is the fastest person ever
calm the fuck down
I want to see how far the rabbit hole goes
But whhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyy!???!?!?!?!?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It's funny seeing some of the stuff they do with the live crowd to keep them entertained during intervals.
stop lusting after our women!
Poor start from Bolt, surely would have broken the WR if he had a better start.
Crazy fast heat. I wonder if you took the 7 fastest times from this heat where it would rank all time among heats by average finishing time.
US showed out too. Right behind the Jamaicans.
Napoleonthechimp
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I am certainly not 100% sane and fully acknowledge that, but I also don't seem to share in the majority's belief system when it comes to this specific example. When you spend your formative years "on the outside looking in" when it comes to social groups you begin to wonder why people do the things they do and as a result you become disconnected (to a small extent) from the main social/cultural narrative.
However, like in many instances in my life I will have to pretend that I believe in the things that others believe because doing otherwise makes you the "crazy one". Ironically, living that lie on a daily basis makes me legitimately crazy.
You should be happy your country has such beautiful women
A Black Falcon
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NBC is showing other things during the day, such as volleyball (beach and indoor), track/swimming heats, water polo, rowing, etc etc, the daytime show has had lots of stuff. They've run Olympic programming from 11am or noon until about 6pm every weekday so far, and from 9am (or earlier) on weekends. Then of course the primetime stuff goes from 8 to midnight, and then there's a latenight Olympics show from 12:30 to 1:30 as well. And that's just NBC itself, not any of its cable networks.
So no, I think that NBC's decision is reasonable. It puts stuff that not as many people care about watching on during the day, and the stuff that the most people want to watch on at primetime. If you run the major stuff twice, then when do you run all that other stuff? Only on cable or something? That'd be unfortunate...
I mean, I've always thought that NBC's coverage was somewhat mediocre, and it is extremely, EXTREMELY uncommon to see NBC show anything that doesn't have American athletes in it (it does happen, but only for short events, not the longer ones like volleyball or water polo), but I don't have a problem with the tape delay, it makes sense.
If Powell didn't pull up and hit under 10 seconds, it would be the greatest heat. I reckon the remaining times were still the fastest heat that I remember..
BOLT Usain - 9.63 OR (second fastest time ever)
BLAKE Yohan - 9.75 PB
GATLIN Justin - 9.79 PB
GAY Tyson - 9.80 SB
BAILEY Ryan - 9.88 PB
MARTINA Churandy - 9.94
THOMPSON Richard - 9.98
POWELL Asafa - 11.99
Fuck yeah, Brazil moves on. Sorry Turkey.
Aren't there like half a dozen different NBC networks? They definitely have room for everything.
Aren't there like half a dozen different NBC networks? They definitely have room for everything.
You should be happy your country has such beautiful women
i am
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