We all know that Phelps is the greatest swimmer of all times and we know that NBC is an American Network and that patriotism and nationalism are great.
However both NBC and CBC (CBC even more because they didn't even show that Women's 800m Free race) insulted all swimmers and, IMHO, our sport, when, right after Janet Evans's longest-standing record was broken and just as the camera was starting to focus on the British (non-American) winner, Adlington (sp?), they cut to Phelps. That blew me..............
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Hey, NBC: Show all you want of Phelps swimming. I'll be the first to tape even his warm-ups But, please realize that:
a-)there are other American swimmers on the team, and
b-) there are "some" other, acceptable swimmers in the World (and, in an insane act of lese-majesté), some of them swam better than their American counterparts.0
This sounds like the same thing that goes on in golf forums complaining about all the coverage of Tiger. The answer is the same. The networks are in the business of getting ratings, and Phelps is THE story. The general public in the U.S. doesn't give a rat's ass about swimming, so the true swimming fans are stuck in the same boat as true golf fans. That's the way it is and it isn't gonna change.
Hey, NBC: Show all you want of Phelps swimming. I'll be the first to tape even his warm-ups But, please realize that:
a-)there are other American swimmers on the team, and
b-) there are "some" other, acceptable swimmers in the World (and, in an insane act of lese-majesté), some of them swam better than their American counterparts.0
This sounds like the same thing that goes on in golf forums complaining about all the coverage of Tiger. The answer is the same. The networks are in the business of getting ratings, and Phelps is THE story. The general public in the U.S. doesn't give a rat's ass about swimming, so the true swimming fans are stuck in the same boat as true golf fans. That's the way it is and it isn't gonna change.
