Subject: RE: [RANT] I hate gymnastics mdickson68 - 2008-08-17 7:42 AM Yeah, yeah, I know that they are amazing athletes, that none of us can do the amazing tumbling feats that they do even in our dreams, blah, blah blah. But how did it come to this? Why does gymnastics dominate the coverage so? There must be a decent historical/political/economic/cultural explanation here, but I don't know what it is, AND I'M SICK OF IT! We're watching guys do somersaults for the umpteenth day in a row and meanwhile the triathlon doesn't get so much as a mention on TV, and the online covereage is available only to those blessed with a recent model computer. If I meet any NBC execs on the street I'm gonna throttle them. Rant over. Just come to Canada, we get full Triathlon coverage, on basic cable channels. We even get NBC so that we can watch the men do their fancy somersaults! (Go Simon Whitfield...!) |