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
Rather than continuing this "pissing match" as to what is a sport or a game, how about a focusing on our shared passion: swimming?
The common theme in this thread is our mutually shared love of our sport and our frustration with the lack of publicity. My "challenge" to everyone is to take you complaints outside this forum and beat up on the folks who are responisble for lack of coverage.
With 60+ million people out there who enjoy swimming, either for fitness, competition, etc. we can make quite a "lobby" if we were better organized and more vocal. How many people here have emailed, faxed, called or written any of the sports channels and challenged them to provide more/better coverage? I'm guilty.
The other thing that needs to take place (which no one responded to, I guess complaining is better than providing solutions!), is a fundamental change in how we "don't" provide entertainment value at our meets. Got any ideas? Or should we all just keep bitching about lack of respect for our sport and who's an "athlete" and who'd not!!!
Rather than continuing this "pissing match" as to what is a sport or a game, how about a focusing on our shared passion: swimming?
The common theme in this thread is our mutually shared love of our sport and our frustration with the lack of publicity. My "challenge" to everyone is to take you complaints outside this forum and beat up on the folks who are responisble for lack of coverage.
With 60+ million people out there who enjoy swimming, either for fitness, competition, etc. we can make quite a "lobby" if we were better organized and more vocal. How many people here have emailed, faxed, called or written any of the sports channels and challenged them to provide more/better coverage? I'm guilty.
The other thing that needs to take place (which no one responded to, I guess complaining is better than providing solutions!), is a fundamental change in how we "don't" provide entertainment value at our meets. Got any ideas? Or should we all just keep bitching about lack of respect for our sport and who's an "athlete" and who'd not!!!
