There's no way around it. Everyone involved in this whole charade sucks at life.
There's no way around it. Everyone involved in this whole charade sucks at life.
asdefjh wrote:
Being a little dramatic don't you think. Obviously, NBC cares about it some, they're devoting 2 hours of coverage to it. They don't care about it as much as people on letsrun, but that's understandable.
And your anti-competition comparison is ridiculous. Who is the competitor NBC is trying to kill off?[/quote]
If NBC isn't threatened by competition then why don't they allow some online service like Flotrack to stream it live?
Networks, pharmaceutical companies, mining companies, et cetera purchase rights all the time that they don't intend to fully exploit. They just don't want anyone else to use it meanwhile and that usually sucks for the consumer but it. However, the way NBC can tie up the Olympics, and in this case the marathon trials especially sucks because the Olympics, and presumably Olympic trials, is a common good. Could NBC purchase the rights to the next State of the Union Address?
T-man wrote:
Actually, that's exactly what Rojo was saying. And what a ridiculous thing to say it was. Maybe I should just take the time off of work, book a flight and hotel at the last minute and tell my family that they're on their own for a few days while I "get my butt in Houston" - that quote still makes me laugh by the way.
So is this what it has come down to for Rojo? Drawing a line that separates the "hardcore" fans from everyone else, defined by those who have the time, money, and freedom to drop everything and cross two time zones to watch something that's being filmed and deliberately NOT shown live. The Brojos should be furious over this, but they're not. NBC doesn't want to take a two and a half hour slot to show the races because nobody watches, but they don't promote running broadcasts anyway. Why would expect to get viewers if you don't publicize that the event is being shown? This isn't just for this event - any running broadcast that NBC gets its hands on turns to dogs hit. That anyone is defending the actions of NBC on this is maddening.
This about sums it up.
frogbert wrote:
asdefjh wrote:Being a little dramatic don't you think. Obviously, NBC cares about it some, they're devoting 2 hours of coverage to it. They don't care about it as much as people on letsrun, but that's understandable.
And your anti-competition comparison is ridiculous. Who is the competitor NBC is trying to kill off?
If NBC isn't threatened by competition then why don't they allow some online service like Flotrack to stream it live?
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Your original point was along the lines of NBC buying the rights to prevent someone else from getting them. You used a comparison of Pepsi buying off a regional brand and killing it. That's what my question was directed at. Do you think NBC bought the rights to broadcast the Trials because they wanted to prevent Flotrack from doing so?
Since NBC is actually going to broadcast the Trials, it seems pretty obvious why they wouldn't want someone else broadcasting it.