The award for the most ridiculous, self-absorbed, overzealous all sports entertainment network in the world goes to...
ESPN, for the 10th year running.
They have once again proven that outside the 4 major sports, Tiger Woods, and the Williams sisters, you're really not much of an athlete. Unless you count token consideration of Cael Sanderson and -ahem- Sarah Hughes (don't even get me started on figure skating).
No offense to college athlete of the year Sue Bird (UConn BB) but a certain swimmer from Cal who set at least 6 AR and 1 WR over the short course season would have had my vote.
Anyone else? Natalie Coughlin, female college athlete of the year as awarded by the USMS discussion crew?
-RM
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Originally posted by aquageek
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I love swimming as much as the next guy on this discussion forum but please don't knock all sports and those who participate in them. That just gives swimmers a bad name.
I weigh your plea to be respectful about "...all sports...", against the fact that golf and baseball monopolize revenues (as in overpaid players), monopolize media and TV coverage, while golf is a technical game and baseball barely has some fitness.
Golf's and baseball's monopoly is at the expense of swimming, track and field, skiing, which are sports, not games.
Originally posted by aquageek
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I love swimming as much as the next guy on this discussion forum but please don't knock all sports and those who participate in them. That just gives swimmers a bad name.
I weigh your plea to be respectful about "...all sports...", against the fact that golf and baseball monopolize revenues (as in overpaid players), monopolize media and TV coverage, while golf is a technical game and baseball barely has some fitness.
Golf's and baseball's monopoly is at the expense of swimming, track and field, skiing, which are sports, not games.
