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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I agree with Matt.
As for the idea that it is a consummer market here with many channels to choose from when looking for any sports including swimming, I discarded it by giving in a past post here the example of the year 2000 in US:
it was poor coverage of NCAA swimming offered by one single channel, ESPN, not many competing channels to choose from, and poor coverage of Olympic Trials swimming offered by one single channel, NBC, not many competing channels to choose from;
this contrasts to many channels in Australia competing for appeal when reporting the 2000 Australian Trials and 2002 CommonWealth Games.
I would rather think that the culture here in US is conditioned in entrenched insular steretypes.
Right now in Europe, Eurosport broadcasts live, the Europeans Championships in Berlin, Germany, to many European countries. The hype of this event is at the correct level in many European countries.
I agree with Matt.
As for the idea that it is a consummer market here with many channels to choose from when looking for any sports including swimming, I discarded it by giving in a past post here the example of the year 2000 in US:
it was poor coverage of NCAA swimming offered by one single channel, ESPN, not many competing channels to choose from, and poor coverage of Olympic Trials swimming offered by one single channel, NBC, not many competing channels to choose from;
this contrasts to many channels in Australia competing for appeal when reporting the 2000 Australian Trials and 2002 CommonWealth Games.
I would rather think that the culture here in US is conditioned in entrenched insular steretypes.
Right now in Europe, Eurosport broadcasts live, the Europeans Championships in Berlin, Germany, to many European countries. The hype of this event is at the correct level in many European countries.
