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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You have on more than one occasion taken a thread and turned it into your own personal ramblings not content to cease until you have swayed majority opinion your way. Most often they wisely give up.
Stop being so ridiculous, you refuse to accept any opinion other than your own, and I doubt you even read what most of them are saying anyway.
Swimming is not a big sport in this country. Never has, maybe never will. I don't think Masters' Swimming of all places needs to hand out prize money. USA-S maybe could, but where will they get it from? Television revenues? Get serious, name a network that is going to offer up gobs of money to air a sport that to an average viewer...
1. Makes no sense, where's the scoring?
2. Can't do on their own, what percentage of the population do you think can swim butterfly?
It's also a timed sport, which never have fared well with American sports viewers. It's like Track and Field, but everyone can at least run, and that's why a little more Track is seen on TV than swimming.
Thanks for turning what was supposed to be a little pro-swimming jab at ESPN into a less-than-comical hack job claiming that the Australians know it best because they realize swimming is the only sport in the world. But truth is they love their football and rugby just as much, if not more. Move to Queensland then. Maybe they'll give you some prize money to swim 2:13 in the over-35 age group 200m free.
-RM
You have on more than one occasion taken a thread and turned it into your own personal ramblings not content to cease until you have swayed majority opinion your way. Most often they wisely give up.
Stop being so ridiculous, you refuse to accept any opinion other than your own, and I doubt you even read what most of them are saying anyway.
Swimming is not a big sport in this country. Never has, maybe never will. I don't think Masters' Swimming of all places needs to hand out prize money. USA-S maybe could, but where will they get it from? Television revenues? Get serious, name a network that is going to offer up gobs of money to air a sport that to an average viewer...
1. Makes no sense, where's the scoring?
2. Can't do on their own, what percentage of the population do you think can swim butterfly?
It's also a timed sport, which never have fared well with American sports viewers. It's like Track and Field, but everyone can at least run, and that's why a little more Track is seen on TV than swimming.
Thanks for turning what was supposed to be a little pro-swimming jab at ESPN into a less-than-comical hack job claiming that the Australians know it best because they realize swimming is the only sport in the world. But truth is they love their football and rugby just as much, if not more. Move to Queensland then. Maybe they'll give you some prize money to swim 2:13 in the over-35 age group 200m free.
-RM
