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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.
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Originally posted by Jeff Commings
Swimgal, I doubt it was a question of money. FINA is most likely not hurting financially. Though I do believe that Mutual of Omaha and USA Swimming offered a lot of advertising money. No one could say no to that.
Yes, that's what I meant, with regard to raising money. Sponsors, not FINA. I wonder if FINA's even allowed to pay for coverage. Anyway, CBC and Eurosport both covered Worlds, so I'm surprised it was such a hard sell in the U.S. Although maybe Mutual of Omaha's contract precluded NBC from airing Worlds... could be that either they or NBC thought that back to back weeks of swimming was too much, and Duel may have been on the TV schedule first.
PeirsolFan, thanks for posting that article. Interesting. A little overkill to call Phelps lethargic and uninspired... it wasn't an Athens performance, but when you can have an off meet swimming off events and still win that many medals, "lethargic" should not be used as a descriptor of your performance. If memory serves, he swam a best time in winning the 200 free. The only thing uninspired was the complete lack of publicity for the event in the US.
Originally posted by Jeff Commings
Swimgal, I doubt it was a question of money. FINA is most likely not hurting financially. Though I do believe that Mutual of Omaha and USA Swimming offered a lot of advertising money. No one could say no to that.
Yes, that's what I meant, with regard to raising money. Sponsors, not FINA. I wonder if FINA's even allowed to pay for coverage. Anyway, CBC and Eurosport both covered Worlds, so I'm surprised it was such a hard sell in the U.S. Although maybe Mutual of Omaha's contract precluded NBC from airing Worlds... could be that either they or NBC thought that back to back weeks of swimming was too much, and Duel may have been on the TV schedule first.
PeirsolFan, thanks for posting that article. Interesting. A little overkill to call Phelps lethargic and uninspired... it wasn't an Athens performance, but when you can have an off meet swimming off events and still win that many medals, "lethargic" should not be used as a descriptor of your performance. If memory serves, he swam a best time in winning the 200 free. The only thing uninspired was the complete lack of publicity for the event in the US.
