NBC olympics commentary - Abysmal
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I do not care about the stupid BS stories and going on and on and on about the Americans during everyone else's competition. I'm so sick of the blah blah Michael Phelps blah blah Michael Phelps! crap...and then that annoying woman at the gymnastics commentary who told 3967037509357 times that the gymnasts have to STICK TO THAT LANDING!!!
I'm already tired of the blond NBC interviewer asking the swimmers "What did it take to _____?" What can you possibly say to stupid questions like that? They practiced, they qualified, they swam.The commentary has been abysmal and that woman at the womans diving event has this grating voice who talks as if she owned each athelete a gold medal. What is wrong with being a little ignorant at the amount of toe pointing in men's diving? Is it not enough that these athletes are jumping off a 33 foot high non-movable board and twisting and spinning in the air, but the lady that is commenting can only say, "Not enough toe pointing for me."? What is that?.
The track and field events commentators were the worst of the lot with questions like Tell me, what were your emotions when you fell." or "Why did you lose?. I wish these guys were interviewing the boxers instead.
They made a big fuss about the bronze medalist in the 1500 m swim event and mentioned that it was the first time in 80 years that canada has won a medal in the event. the gold medalist a tunisian, is the first instance of a tunisian winning any swimming medal. go figure!
This is probably one of my theories that pop up when I am too frustrated, but I usually think that's because NBC operates in a world where "sports fans" = "people who watch and know and only care about American football/baseball/basketball and sometimes hockey". Therefore, all their references and attempts to explain sports are in references to the "big three" and hockey-if-they're-in-a-good-mood. So when it comes to the "every four year" sports like swimming, gymnastics, track and field, and the others, they have no idea what to do or how to present it. They feel like they will never keep an audience if they just show the sport, because in their world, what "sports fans" will want to watch a bunch of people swimming laps really, really fast? Or a bunch of people run around a track a few times? Throw a stick really far? Or do acrobatics? No, it must be turned into human interest stories to attract the women (they've given up long ago on the idea that big butch men who like football could ever appreciate a sport like swimming, despite the fact that Michael Phelps could bench press these guys with one arm), and women will never ever watch sport events like the Big Three and sometimes hockey. Because it's common knowledge that women are not sport fans, despite all evidence to the contrary.
I do not care about the stupid BS stories and going on and on and on about the Americans during everyone else's competition. I'm so sick of the blah blah Michael Phelps blah blah Michael Phelps! crap...and then that annoying woman at the gymnastics commentary who told 3967037509357 times that the gymnasts have to STICK TO THAT LANDING!!!
I'm already tired of the blond NBC interviewer asking the swimmers "What did it take to _____?" What can you possibly say to stupid questions like that? They practiced, they qualified, they swam.The commentary has been abysmal and that woman at the womans diving event has this grating voice who talks as if she owned each athelete a gold medal. What is wrong with being a little ignorant at the amount of toe pointing in men's diving? Is it not enough that these athletes are jumping off a 33 foot high non-movable board and twisting and spinning in the air, but the lady that is commenting can only say, "Not enough toe pointing for me."? What is that?.
The track and field events commentators were the worst of the lot with questions like Tell me, what were your emotions when you fell." or "Why did you lose?. I wish these guys were interviewing the boxers instead.
They made a big fuss about the bronze medalist in the 1500 m swim event and mentioned that it was the first time in 80 years that canada has won a medal in the event. the gold medalist a tunisian, is the first instance of a tunisian winning any swimming medal. go figure!
This is probably one of my theories that pop up when I am too frustrated, but I usually think that's because NBC operates in a world where "sports fans" = "people who watch and know and only care about American football/baseball/basketball and sometimes hockey". Therefore, all their references and attempts to explain sports are in references to the "big three" and hockey-if-they're-in-a-good-mood. So when it comes to the "every four year" sports like swimming, gymnastics, track and field, and the others, they have no idea what to do or how to present it. They feel like they will never keep an audience if they just show the sport, because in their world, what "sports fans" will want to watch a bunch of people swimming laps really, really fast? Or a bunch of people run around a track a few times? Throw a stick really far? Or do acrobatics? No, it must be turned into human interest stories to attract the women (they've given up long ago on the idea that big butch men who like football could ever appreciate a sport like swimming, despite the fact that Michael Phelps could bench press these guys with one arm), and women will never ever watch sport events like the Big Three and sometimes hockey. Because it's common knowledge that women are not sport fans, despite all evidence to the contrary.
By the way.....I love sports, not necessarily all kinds....but I certainly enjoy a few! MCP-instincts towards the end??? :)