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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 5, 2012 12:57:26 GMT -5
Last night, NBC basically covered one event in the Heptathlon, the 800, with short bits of Ennis, but no one else, in a few other events. They just repeated the exact same coverage this morning. It deserved so much more. You can be sure that they won't do that to the Decathlon!
When are the women going to be able to compete in the Decathlon??? Maybe then it would get some respect. I thought we were past women being the "weaker" sex.
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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Aug 5, 2012 13:09:21 GMT -5
When I saw this title, I thought this thread was going to be about all the different commentators who've contrasted strategies used by men and women the same sport because of how more physical/athletic, stronger, quicker, etc. men are than women. That's been driving me nuts.
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Post by Gorflorg Orshforg on Aug 5, 2012 13:13:02 GMT -5
When I saw this title, I thought this thread was going to be about all the different commentators who've contrasted strategies used by men and women the same sport because of how more physical/athletic, stronger, quicker, etc. men are than women. That's been driving me nuts. Has it been happening with the volleyball broadcasts? |
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Post by sistahsledge on Aug 5, 2012 14:05:10 GMT -5
Last night, NBC basically covered one event in the Pentathlon, the 800, with short bits of Ennis, but no one else, in a few other events. They just repeated the exact same coverage this morning. It deserved so much more. You can be sure that they won't do that to the Decathlon! When are the women going to be able to compete in the Decathlon??? Maybe then it would get some respect. I thought we were past women being the "weaker" sex. I think the lack of coverage for the heptathlon has more to do with the lack of an American medal favorite that NBC can hype up. I remember seeing a lot of Jackie Joyner-Kersee's competition in '88 and '92 because she was pretty much a sure thing for a gold medal. In those years, the decathlon was barely covered because there was no competitive male athlete. |
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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Aug 5, 2012 15:49:00 GMT -5
When I saw this title, I thought this thread was going to be about all the different commentators who've contrasted strategies used by men and women the same sport because of how more physical/athletic, stronger, quicker, etc. men are than women. That's been driving me nuts. Has it been happening with the volleyball broadcasts? No. I did hear one comment during the a men's match about serving difference (how male servers commonly serve down at the court) but that was more about height differences rather than ability differences. |
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Post by gk on Aug 5, 2012 20:33:34 GMT -5
[ I think the lack of coverage for the heptathlon has more to do with the lack of an American medal favorite that NBC can hype up. I remember seeing a lot of Jackie Joyner-Kersee's competition in '88 and '92 because she was pretty much a sure thing for a gold medal. In those years, the decathlon was barely covered because there was no competitive male athlete. I think this has something to do with it. Maybe I've missed it, but it sure seemed like they've covered women's beach volleyball a whole lot more than men's. Even before Todd/Phil were out. Probably has to do with who are the more interesting stories at the time |
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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 5, 2012 21:21:11 GMT -5
I think the lack of coverage for the heptathlon has more to do with the lack of an American medal favorite that NBC can hype up. I remember seeing a lot of Jackie Joyner-Kersee's competition in '88 and '92 because she was pretty much a sure thing for a gold medal. In those years, the decathlon was barely covered because there was no competitive male athlete. Perhaps, but why then cover it in prime time? They even introduced it with a feel-good puff piece, but then didn't really bother to cover it (it was already pretty much decided before the 800). The whole thing did cause me to wonder why the women aren't competing in the decathlon? Aren't women up to it? I think they are. This stinks of back when the longest run they let women do was the 800. |
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