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The Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool is Tuesday
In just its second year, the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool – held this year in Irvine, Calif., on Aug. 2 – will be a coming out party for some young stars, a chance for established stars to continue their domination and a chance for standouts entering their final quadrennial to further cement their legacies.
http://www.duelinthepool.com/
you'll find results at
http://www.omegatiming.com/
I think Dan and rowdy did the best they could given the situation. Duel in the Pool, as has been said, is not the Olympics or Worlds. Besides Brendan and Liesel Jones, nothing really exciting came from the meet.
Watching all the relaxed finishes by people like Phelps and Piersol, it's obvious the swimmers don't give that much importance to the meet. They know it's a publicity campaign, and just showing up is enough.
As TV commentators, I suppose they could try to create some drama, but it's hard when they see the swimmers not giving it their all.
The only problem I had with the coverage was all the beer commercials. In a sport where the average swimmer is under drinking age, it's a bad call for NBC to let beer companies advertise on the show. US Swimming doesn't let alcohol or tobacco companies advertise on any of their meets, so why let NBC do so ont heir TV coverage. I'm sure USAS could have had some say in it.
It's almost offensive, if you ask me, to have a beer commercial come right after the USA Swimming commercial that had images of 10-year-old kids.
Bad call.
I think Dan and rowdy did the best they could given the situation. Duel in the Pool, as has been said, is not the Olympics or Worlds. Besides Brendan and Liesel Jones, nothing really exciting came from the meet.
Watching all the relaxed finishes by people like Phelps and Piersol, it's obvious the swimmers don't give that much importance to the meet. They know it's a publicity campaign, and just showing up is enough.
As TV commentators, I suppose they could try to create some drama, but it's hard when they see the swimmers not giving it their all.
The only problem I had with the coverage was all the beer commercials. In a sport where the average swimmer is under drinking age, it's a bad call for NBC to let beer companies advertise on the show. US Swimming doesn't let alcohol or tobacco companies advertise on any of their meets, so why let NBC do so ont heir TV coverage. I'm sure USAS could have had some say in it.
It's almost offensive, if you ask me, to have a beer commercial come right after the USA Swimming commercial that had images of 10-year-old kids.
Bad call.
