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
Good grief, man, where to next? Average number of medals won per the country's ant population. If per capita is the standard, rule out the US, China, Japan, USSR/Russia, Germany (east or west), etc. I prefer to use a figure that you can count, not some arbitrary calculation. Remember the old adage about liars and figures.
If Romania is the standard by which all is to be judged, how many hours per year of swimming on TV do you get there? My guess is that it's about 1/1,000,000 of what we get in the US with all the sports channels here.
I don't understand. You don't value capitalism but want us all to lobby the "TV bosses" for more swimming based on the potential market of swimmers, i.e. dollars. You can't have it both ways. Communism was so successful in making all things equal. Maybe that would be the preferred system for sports in the US.
Good grief, man, where to next? Average number of medals won per the country's ant population. If per capita is the standard, rule out the US, China, Japan, USSR/Russia, Germany (east or west), etc. I prefer to use a figure that you can count, not some arbitrary calculation. Remember the old adage about liars and figures.
If Romania is the standard by which all is to be judged, how many hours per year of swimming on TV do you get there? My guess is that it's about 1/1,000,000 of what we get in the US with all the sports channels here.
I don't understand. You don't value capitalism but want us all to lobby the "TV bosses" for more swimming based on the potential market of swimmers, i.e. dollars. You can't have it both ways. Communism was so successful in making all things equal. Maybe that would be the preferred system for sports in the US.
