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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 10, 2012 1:31:49 GMT -5
The archers, fencers, field hockey players, team handball players etc. must think we are a bunch of whiners, because our sports get far more coverage than theirs. Field hockey, team handball, and water polo all got full match coverage (from start to finish) today. Volleyball got about 1 1/4 set, from two semi-final matches... |
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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 11, 2012 2:45:46 GMT -5
NBC is showing a Tom Brokaw documentary, on the British in WWII, as part of its prime time coverage tomorrow. Will it be shorter or longer than the volleyball coverage?
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 11, 2012 3:22:27 GMT -5
NBC is showing a Tom Brokaw documentary, on the British in WWII, as part of its prime time coverage tomorrow. Will it be shorter or longer than the volleyball coverage? Wow, I've never heard that story before.... |
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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 11, 2012 11:15:46 GMT -5
NBC is showing a Tom Brokaw documentary, on the British in WWII, as part of its prime time coverage tomorrow. Will it be shorter or longer than the volleyball coverage? Wow, I've never heard that story before.... Last week they showed a puff piece on Scottish bagpipes and kilts in prime time. Utterly inane. |
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Post by umyeahaboutthat on Aug 11, 2012 12:38:10 GMT -5
NYT article on Destinee Hooker says the Penn State-Texas final was one of the best volleyball matches ever. It doesn't mention that ESPN didn't show the first set because a midseason basketball between Nobody and Who Cares hadn't ended yet.
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Post by Mocha on Aug 11, 2012 17:13:33 GMT -5
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Post by volleyhead on Aug 11, 2012 22:53:56 GMT -5
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN... NBC SUCKS. IT'S THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH AND THEY SHOW ABOUT 40 MIN OF IT. I KNOW THE USA DIDN'T WIN BUT WHAT A JOKE TO ONLY BROADCAST ABOUT 1 TOTAL GAME OF THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2012 22:55:43 GMT -5
What a joke they are.
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Post by bucky415 on Aug 11, 2012 23:02:39 GMT -5
That was truly pathetic. Any actual sport should trump discussions of social media in the Olympics.
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Post by moody on Aug 11, 2012 23:18:10 GMT -5
This is not just NBC. This is USA Volleyball that allows this sport to be treated like a doormat. They simply have NO idea how to promote the sport.
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Post by vbnerd on Aug 11, 2012 23:54:34 GMT -5
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN... NBC SUCKS. IT'S THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH AND THEY SHOW ABOUT 40 MIN OF IT. I KNOW THE USA DIDN'T WIN BUT WHAT A JOKE TO ONLY BROADCAST ABOUT 1 TOTAL GAME OF THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH. 40 minutes? I got from 16-7 to the end of set 1, and 19-11 to the end of set 4. Even with commercials I don't think they made it to 25 minutes. |
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Post by geddyleemarvin on Aug 12, 2012 0:01:52 GMT -5
Wow, I've never heard that story before.... Last week they showed a puff piece on Scottish bagpipes and kilts in prime time. Utterly inane. Hey, hey, easy on the kilts - I got married in one. I for one thought that piece was really...OK, I can't really defend it. |
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Post by NebraskaVBfan93 on Aug 12, 2012 0:47:45 GMT -5
After game one and at the end of a commercial when they started back during game 4 I truly thought I had fallen asleep. Much to my dismay, after hitting rewind on my DVR I discovered it was NBC that had been napping. HORRIBLE programming decision.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 12, 2012 2:07:54 GMT -5
I WILL SAY IT AGAIN... NBC SUCKS. IT'S THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH AND THEY SHOW ABOUT 40 MIN OF IT. I KNOW THE USA DIDN'T WIN BUT WHAT A JOKE TO ONLY BROADCAST ABOUT 1 TOTAL GAME OF THE GOLD MEDAL MATCH. They actually showed only 25 minutes of the match - it started around 11:25 and finished around 11:50. They showed a little more than 3/4's of a set, total. One factor could have been that the U.S. players knew the game wasn't being shown live in the U.S. - what an insult. The Brazilian players knew that EVERYONE was watching in Brazil. |
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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 12, 2012 2:10:03 GMT -5
NYT article on Destinee Hooker says the Penn State-Texas final was one of the best volleyball matches ever. It doesn't mention that ESPN didn't show the first set because a midseason basketball between Nobody and Who Cares hadn't ended yet. That would have been stellar coverage by NBC...  |
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