tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341387552436652040.post879934587822073498..comments2023-08-23T08:38:39.866-04:00Comments on NECO DRACONES: If I ran the IOCDubbahdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341387552436652040.post-40385610265714904582008-08-25T04:27:00.000-04:002008-08-25T04:27:00.000-04:00Are you telling me that Synchronized swimming is H...Are you telling me that Synchronized swimming is HUGELY popular in Europe. Oh my. Things are much worse than I thought. The end of western civilization may indeed be at hand.Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341387552436652040.post-42906787339860159762008-08-25T04:26:00.000-04:002008-08-25T04:26:00.000-04:00The NY TIMES verifies your analysis. Also, a nice ...The NY TIMES verifies your analysis. Also, a nice demystification of the whole 8/08/08 business:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/sports/olympics/25nbc.html?th&emc=thDubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341387552436652040.post-46506016152897223662008-08-24T17:16:00.000-04:002008-08-24T17:16:00.000-04:00Stephen Colbert had the best one I've heard yet: "...Stephen Colbert had the best one I've heard yet: "The Olympics start tomorrow. I <I>do</I> hope that that some of the athletes have compelling personal stories that can be set to delicate piano music."<BR/><BR/>Ron is correct, Olympic producers long ago realized that if they could get women to watch the Olympics, they would enjoy a ratings bonanza. If women watch the Olympics, men will watch with them, and this is the path to higher ratings. That's why every athlete gets his or her own testimony video, telling about the hard times they've had, even if they haven't seemed to have had any. "Growing up in the lap of luxury, American fencer Joe Blueblood seemed to have it all. Yet something was missing..."<BR/><BR/>The reality on softball is not that it's not a sport, or that not enough countries play it, or that the Americans are too dominant: it's that they don't play it in Europe. All of the IOC power that isn't American comes from there - they don't care how many Caribbean or South American or African teams play a game - if it's not big in Europe, it doesn't matter.Ben Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491745981357751416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5341387552436652040.post-11874527434868715772008-08-23T11:00:00.000-04:002008-08-23T11:00:00.000-04:00Amen and Amen! What kills me are the interviews an...Amen and Amen! <BR/><BR/>What kills me are the interviews and personal stories when watching more sports. Not only boxing and wrestling, but weightlifting. <BR/><BR/>I have heard that adding the personal stories and reducing or eliminating the violent sports called "chickification"(sp?). Far more women are inclined to watch the sports and interviews that are on than the things men would like to see. The producers know how to keep ratings up.<BR/>RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com