Even if the stream is tailored to more casual fans and regular citizens, I can't imagine they find the wheelchair racing more exciting than the running
every running telecast/stream i've seen over the last 30 years is the same: treating the viewer like it's the first time they've seen someone run so they start talking about the most cliche running-related things possible
imagine if it was like this every time you tuned into a football, basketball, baseball etc. game "so this is lebron james folks, he practices dribbling hours every day in hopes of passing to a teammate that will endeavor to throw the ball towards the hoop with just the right amount of force so it will go through it. sometimes teams get 2 points for putting the ball through the hoop, other times it's 3, but it can even be worth just 1 point if the situation is right! it's all so confusing, but stick with us and we'll explain it all to you as it happens.
but first we're going to cut to a quick 10 minute documentary about a fan in attendance today that played basketball in high school 30 years ago and has been participating at the local 24 hour fitness open-runs the past month!!"
Weird decision by the NFL having the Bears play the early game the day of the marathon
I think it's safe to say that the NFL isn't monitoring road racing plans when making the schedule in May. They don't even worry about MLB playoff schedule.
I’m an NFL fan, but the London games drive me a bit nuts. They often involve sloppy play or weird outcomes and sometimes injuries … Anyway, I doubt the NFL decision makers cared or even thought about the marathon when scheduling the Bears game.
Weird decision by the NFL having the Bears play the early game the day of the marathon
I think it's safe to say that the NFL isn't monitoring road racing plans when making the schedule in May. They don't even worry about MLB playoff schedule.
The only thing they look at is that the Bears can't play at home this weekend.
They 100% care about marathon schedule. They have done it with the Vikings 2 of the last 3 years playing in London. The Twin Cities Marathon start line is adjacent to US Bank Stadium. They can't have a home game the same day.
WHat's disgraceful to me is they arne't hyping the world record. They are treating all races the same. The lead announcer is missing the big theme - might we see th first sub-2:10 in women's marathoning history?
Bless you Ed Eyestone for trying to keep the commentary focused on the race. He even tried to pull in Galen then they were like “oh yeah great idea - commercial break!”
I'm extremely disappointed with my decision to get Peacock for this. With the technology available, it's not difficult to show the lead and chase packs, and provide up-to-date commentary about what's going on in the race. This is absolutely terrible.