I assume TV ratings are all that matters with regard to revenue and coverage.
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I assume TV ratings are all that matters with regard to revenue and coverage.
Right. That's the point. If nobody cares enough to show up to games, there's a decent chance they don't care to watch it on TV either.
There wasn't a "lack of interest" in Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing, or London, and I highly doubt it's something NBC is going to worry about with the Tokyo games.
Anyhow, SIAP:
...and I strongly suggest googling her pictures!
http://nypost.com/2016/08/15/olympic-diving-duo-split-after-teammate-goes-on-marathon-sex-session/
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...and I strongly suggest googling her pictures!
http://nypost.com/2016/08/15/olympic-diving-duo-split-after-teammate-goes-on-marathon-sex-session/
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Nuts, NBC just covered the attendance thing again. We've mentioned before:
1) High ticket prices
2) Worries about Zika
3)Worries about terrorism/crime
4) Lots of bad pre Olympics publicity re pollution, yada.
5) Long security lines are preventing/delaying entry of many
1) High ticket prices
2) Worries about Zika
3)Worries about terrorism/crime
4) Lots of bad pre Olympics publicity re pollution, yada.
5) Long security lines are preventing/delaying entry of many
So we learned that having it in a place like Rio is not a good idea. It may make sense to just rotate it among 4-5 different locations in the future to avoid the massive expense of building facilities.
As I predicted, Shakur Stevenson beat the Mongolian to advance to the gold medal fight Thursday
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Olympic Boxing refs and judges suspended for fixing fights. As usual.
http://www.nj.com/olympics/index.ss...nsons_semifinal_fight.html#incart_river_index
http://www.nj.com/olympics/index.ss...nsons_semifinal_fight.html#incart_river_index
Problem is if you rotate across 5 locations that is once every 20 years....rebuild of pools tracks etc still required, but i agree a lot less expensive.
Never should have given it to Rio. Simple as that.
Yes, the long security lines DELAY people entering events. They DO NOT make stadium half-empty-to-3/4ths-empty for the entire event. It's an excuse that officials are giving to NBC for shitty attendance. That's all.
** half-empty stadium tonight despite some great events going on in track-and-field:
- men's javelin final
- women's long jump final
- women's 110 HH semis and final
- men's decathlon 400
- women's 200 semis and final
- men's 200 semi
....there shouldn't be single empty seat let alone thousands and thousands.
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The crooked judges actually did Stevenson a favor, not that he wants to win that way. The best Bantomweight was Conlin from Ireland, who clearly beat the Russian, but was not awarded the fight. Now it will be Stevenson against the same Russian, but the bad judges have supposedly been suspended.
Nice job USA ladies with a sweep in the hurdles. And nice job by the cameraman with the booty shots before the race.
Brazil pulling American athletes off flights who were held up at gun point and didn't give the exact time.
Brazil, you suck.
Brazil, you suck.
This story has more to it than meets the eye. Brazil COULD be playing politics with the US. However supposedly the stories differ and thec4 members of the swim team were already out of Dodge (Lochte) or trying to get out-seemingly fast.
Putting together this story and my "experience" with what I've heard of Brazil-I'm concerned about a bad possibility.
Lots of guys go to RIO to hook up-as in Prostitution. Cheap, plentiful and the women arev beautiful. Supposedly easy to pick up (flood Ipenema Beach). However much worse is that the poor (Flavelas) may pimp their young daughters out for desparately needed money. Prostitution is common (though rape might be prosecuted)-however there is pressure to cut down on the selling of young children. Lets hope either of these are not the case.
Putting together this story and my "experience" with what I've heard of Brazil-I'm concerned about a bad possibility.
Lots of guys go to RIO to hook up-as in Prostitution. Cheap, plentiful and the women arev beautiful. Supposedly easy to pick up (flood Ipenema Beach). However much worse is that the poor (Flavelas) may pimp their young daughters out for desparately needed money. Prostitution is common (though rape might be prosecuted)-however there is pressure to cut down on the selling of young children. Lets hope either of these are not the case.
Women's Beach Volleyball bronze match was a really exciting match to watch if you haven't had a chance to see it yet (US v. Brazil, both gold favorites who lose in the semis to Brazil & Germany).
Is it just me or does the Track and Field announcer with the island accent have a real hard on for Jamaican sprinters. Every time one wins in the 100 or 200 he makes you think it's the greatest accomplishment in the history of the Olympics. Three Americans medal in the same race, ehhh that's a fine accomplishment, but nothing special.
Not sure that's true or not - I simply have no data on whether there's a correlation of attendance to TV viewership. I know I've probably watched more Olympics this year than in past events, i.e., my viewing is completely unaffected by attendance at the event, but I have no idea how the "average" person responds to attendance.
Most likely he does, since he ran for Bermuda or The Bahama's himself as an Olympian, he was very good. I actually like his announcing, and you can't argue w/ the Jamaicans success.
My new favorite long jumper, bronze medal
Not-for-nothing but she probably nails the gold if she didn't have the built-in floation devices that most female athletes - especially in track and field - don't have. WOW!
Lady v-ballers (indoor) laid an egg, but it took 5 sets. So much for reclaiming gold.
Better than the other announcer that said Gatlin won his heat when he actually finished in third.
Gatlin looked like a jackass in the race and even worse in the post race interview blaming it on a hurt ankle.
USA women wrestler from Maryland (Merulis sp?), just upset the 3x returning Japanese Gold medalist and world champion in a shocking upset. The Japanese lady was uncontrollably crying. American woman crying tears of happiness. Japan already won 3 Golds in Womens freestyle wrestling. Who knew wrestling so big over there ?
Manalapan, NJ resident Robby Andrews qualified for the 1500 m final for now...on replay he stepped on the inside track but may have been pushed out. They are contesting it currently.
USA takes 1-2 in men's shot put including OR by some 23-year old man-mountain over 73-feet! Won by 2.5 feet over his teammate!!!
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Ashton Kutcher Eaton repeats Gold in the Decathalon. Great event !
USA wins gold 400M hurdles 1st time ever!! Great night on the track so far!
That would be 4-time Olympic medal winner Ato Boldon, who hails from Trinidad and Tobago.
2nd place hurdler was Nia Ali from Pleasantville HS. NJ doing well
Crouser won his family is legendary in track. 2nd was Kovacs who is a PSU guy
Women? Because I'm pretty sure that Edwin Moses won the men's more than once
Edit: I just looked up the result. You were referring to the women. Got it. Good Olympic factoid
I am going out on a limb here but I think formerlyknownasrutgers100 really, really, really, really likes this thread.
Yet I haven't seen one of his fights make a network broadcast. Nor even talked about.
