CRAPPY TV producers are why track and field doesn't have more fans.

I forgot one more HORRENDOUS example. In the steeplechase they were zooming in on the water of the water jump. So all you see is feet hitting the water. They kept cutting away mid race to show people standing around in the call room.

Just some basic knowledge would be nice. They totally screwed up their prediction of how many would qualify from the third heat of the women's steeple. It was obvious from a lap out that all 5 of those runners would get through.

They should always flash the "bubble" times on the screen after each race. They do this sometimes, but not usually.

American attention span is good for up to 400m at most and the relays. Anything longer, they couldn't careless because it's simply not entertaining. Even hobby joggers who run marathons don't care about track events like 5 and 10s.

bad news bear wrote:

For example in the shot put the angles are terrible. The camera angle is front in front of the throwers. It should be from the side. Then they show a slow motion angle ZOOMED IN on the shot in the air while the shot is going towards the camera. You can't see anything in any of the angles.

Crouser on the men's side can draw a lot of fans, but not with these crappy angles. Post other complaints here of the coverage here.

I think its hard to complain about any issue before we address the extremely obvious. The announcing is atrocious. I can't decide if Carter is drunk or stoned. Why in the world we would not have Ato and Trey in the Olympics is beyond me.

bad news bear wrote:

I forgot one more HORRENDOUS example. In the steeplechase they were zooming in on the water of the water jump. So all you see is feet hitting the water. They kept cutting away mid race to show people standing around in the call room.

The best way to watch may be via the NHK website in Japan as discussed in other threads. It requires the use of a VPN with a server in Japan. The feed provides start to finish video of every track race. The only audio is from the stadium announcer who very difficult to hear. I play the NHK feed on my Chromebook and listen to the announcers on the NBC feed on my PC. I compared CBC.ca feed to the NBC feed the first day of track competition and found that CBC broke away to show the field events at about the same time and same duration as NBC. I don't know if CBC has been making as many mistakes as CBC. I have not tried feeds from UK, Australia, or Ireland. I read that only the BBC has no ads. One complaint with the CBC feed during the women's 3000sc prelims is they did not start the feed in time to show the women being introduced. The feed was not available until I saw the race start on the NBC feed.

The announcing is bad but your average non-track fan wouldn't know the difference. Not even the best announcers in the world can get people interested if the camera isn't even showing the event. You might as well listen to it on the radio like baseball games in the 1930s.

One problem I have with it is once the winner has crossed the line they often don't even show 3rd, 4th etc which is ridiculous. Like we're not even bothered to see them? They'll focus on some useless thing while an actual race is going on in the background.