michael phelps--how many thing he will do it?

Good point. We've seen an explosion in pay per view offerings in the last few years as cable and satellite companies try to make extra money. Directv has a package for English football that's pretty pricey, but people are paying almost $200 to see Manchester United and Arsenal. Then there's the OLN coverage of the Tour de France. Who would have ever thought that someone would cover that thing stage to stage? Part of it is Lance's quest for 6, of course, but if OLN does well, they may try again next year. If you like a network's coverage of your sport and want them to do more, write and say so, but more importantly write the advertisers and buy their products. If we want more and better coverage of our sport, we need to show NBC and it's advertisers that it's worth it for them financially. On another note-it will be interesting to watch our pools and see if the olympics motivates anyone to jump on in with us!

Good point. We've seen an explosion in pay per view offerings in the last few years as cable and satellite companies try to make extra money. Directv has a package for English football that's pretty pricey, but people are paying almost $200 to see Manchester United and Arsenal. Then there's the OLN coverage of the Tour de France. Who would have ever thought that someone would cover that thing stage to stage? Part of it is Lance's quest for 6, of course, but if OLN does well, they may try again next year. If you like a network's coverage of your sport and want them to do more, write and say so, but more importantly write the advertisers and buy their products. If we want more and better coverage of our sport, we need to show NBC and it's advertisers that it's worth it for them financially. On another note-it will be interesting to watch our pools and see if the olympics motivates anyone to jump on in with us!