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?
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Originally posted by Ion Beza
In order to not be "...befuddled" aqua, read better my posts, then address their content.
A small correction in what I wrote: the 2000 US Olympic Trials in swimming, was covered by NBC; ESPN covered with similar defects the 2000 NCAA swimming.
2000 Olympic Trials in swimming and 2000 NCAA in swimming were covered in US respectively by NBC and ESPN, and that was to the 'understanding' of popular US culture by NBC and ESPN bosses;
my point is that there is no 'supply and demand' quality when TV bosses and 'fans' feed each other cliches;
each time there was one station monopolyzing swimming reports, with TV commentators complying to the TV bosses;
there were not 250 'supply and demand' stations to chose from, matching in US 200 000 registerd US swimmers, 40,000 registered USMS swimmers, 60 million casual swimmers, and all of these swimmers' families.
Originally posted by Ion Beza
In order to not be "...befuddled" aqua, read better my posts, then address their content.
A small correction in what I wrote: the 2000 US Olympic Trials in swimming, was covered by NBC; ESPN covered with similar defects the 2000 NCAA swimming.
2000 Olympic Trials in swimming and 2000 NCAA in swimming were covered in US respectively by NBC and ESPN, and that was to the 'understanding' of popular US culture by NBC and ESPN bosses;
my point is that there is no 'supply and demand' quality when TV bosses and 'fans' feed each other cliches;
each time there was one station monopolyzing swimming reports, with TV commentators complying to the TV bosses;
there were not 250 'supply and demand' stations to chose from, matching in US 200 000 registerd US swimmers, 40,000 registered USMS swimmers, 60 million casual swimmers, and all of these swimmers' families.
