FlyingJ 0 #51 August 18, 2004 Quote No - winter olympice - russians bought votes from the french judge. Remember? Understood the reference. Help me out with the connection to tool announcers. What am I missing? Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #52 August 18, 2004 QuoteQuote No - winter olympice - russians bought votes from the french judge. Remember? Understood the reference. Help me out with the connection to tool announcers. What am I missing? Mis took announcers and tools as Judges - that is also why I said nevermind.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdrrus 0 #53 August 18, 2004 I agree with Skymama, she' right on. The 200 Free event had four of the best swimmers ever in the same pool, and Phelps medaled with an American record. Third best in the world at 19 is incredible! Watch out in 2008. I was involved with the olympics in 84 and was in a position to see the crap that the media pushes on people, and tries to make the news their way not the way it really happens. Jim Lampley is the exception in 84 he was totally fair then and still is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #54 August 18, 2004 Is Bob Costas allowed to use the phrase "Props to you"? Something just feels wrong about that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #55 August 18, 2004 QuoteMis took announcers and tools as Judges - that is also why I said nevermind. Got it. Makes SO much sense now!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #56 August 18, 2004 QuoteIs Bob Costas allowed to use the phrase "Props to you"? Something just feels wrong about that. People at my work use this phrase as well. Yes, it does feel wrong to hear it come from wuffo's! ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #57 August 18, 2004 Or, uh, a non-gangsta. http://malibootay.warnerbros.com/quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #58 August 18, 2004 QuoteOr, uh, a non-gangsta. http://malibootay.warnerbros.com/ Where on earth do you get this stuff?! ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #59 August 18, 2004 Lemme see . . . it (was) my business to know such things. I can't help it if I have a memory longer than a goldfish.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #60 August 18, 2004 QuoteLemme see . . . it (was) my business to know such things. Yeah. Right. Sorry.... Quote I can't help it if I have a memory longer than a goldfish. Isn't that usually a woman's trait? < runs and hides from quade > ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dagny 0 #61 August 18, 2004 Concerning Phelps and his performance at the Olympics.... I think he has done an outstanding job. One would be remiss to think otherwise. A young man, not a braggart, I consider him to be an exemplary athlete. He carries the pressure of a nation (or the media of that nation) hell bent on seeing multiple records being broken. It's his first olympics and he achieved a gold in his first final. That's an incredible accomplishment. The fact that he continues to medal shows both the skill and potential he has as an athlete. I think that anyone who earns a gold medal (or silver or bronze) has the right, even if just for a small moment in time, to be recognized as the best in the world. And anyone who has the talent to attend the games, even if they don't medal, should feel proud of the dedication and accomplishment. As athletes, they should be respected, even if we are unable to agree that their "sport" is truly worthy of being deemed such. The fact of the matter is, these people dedicated themselves to the pursuit of excellence in an olympic sport and worked damn hard to qualify for their games. I have a lot of respect and admiration for that kind of commitment. Personally, I feel that Phelps, and all the other American Olympians are doing their family, their home, their country proud.Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic. -Salvador Dali Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #62 August 19, 2004 Bump. I am, at the moment, although it shames me to say that I'm even witness to the spectacle, watching MEN'S field hockey. Who voted THIS one in? Elvisio "at least they aren't wearing skirts" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #63 August 19, 2004 The same person who voted for table tennis. TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #64 August 19, 2004 QuoteAs for the announcers. Ugh, I don't remember being this annoyed even when John Tesh was an announcer. Al Trautwig (sp?) drives me nuts. I've never heard someone sound so ignorant in so many sports. Outdoor Life Network hired him this year to announce the prime time coverage of the Tour de France. Instead of waiting until prime time I got up every morning at 7:30am to watch the live coverage just so I didn't have to listen to him. I hear that OLN got lots of letters complaining about him. As usual, NBC's coverage of the Olympics is a joke. But what else is new? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #65 August 19, 2004 I'm just curious as to how all of you would improve the coverage of the Olympics. I guess there's something I'm missing, because I'm enjoying it. The announcers do have a tendency to pick favorites, but it's not always the US. Kelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #66 August 19, 2004 The thing that gets me is that NBC prefers NOT to show live event coverage and instead to prefers to delay the coverage so as to alter an event to show it their way on TV (and let’s not forget all those feel good stories about Billy-Bob and what a hard time he/she had getting there and what a great person they are). Case in point, in gymnastics, each team spends time on each apparatus before moving on to the next. And it's possible that some girl will be on the balance beam while another is doing a floor routine (with music) while one is on the poma and another one is on the uneven bars. An Olympics gymnastics event is like a circus event with many things going on all at the same time. But NBC modifies this footage and shows each gymnast for each country (who they choose to cover) all on the same apparatus all at the same time starting from the bronze medalist all the way to the gold medalist. This is not how the competition is conducted, yet NBC feels the need to modify the footage to make their viewers think that hey this is the way the event was played out. Of course this way of covering the Olympics is not new. It’s the formula the American media has been using for years. I can’t speak for European Olympics TV coverage, but I can tell you that the CBC chooses to show live event coverage instead of this pre-canned sappy modified version NBC prefers. The live event coverage is where the drama, suspense and spontaneity comes from, shit we already know who won a given event before NBC even chooses to cover it. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #67 August 19, 2004 Does anyone else think the Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina looks like a poster child for eating disorders??? OMG, she makes Mary Kate look healthy! Someone give that girl a cheeseburger! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #68 August 19, 2004 Yea dude thats so funny(not really) i was thinking the same thing.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #69 August 19, 2004 2 words that shouldn't belong together- baggy and spandex! Her spandex leotard is BAGGY! That is just so wrong! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #70 August 19, 2004 You would rather that they play it live, in one big clusterfuck, in the middle of the day while we're at work? Ohhhhhhhkaaaaaaaaaaaaaay . . . Anyway, several of the separate teams ARE on the same event at the same time, just so you know. When there's only 2-6 people from a country (team comp or all-around), they put 3 or more countries on each event if need be. There's no reason to have 24 groups of 2 moving around separately, so that each person has 6 events and 18 byes. I'll grant you the life stories being overly dramatic, but that's what they're there for. I mean, I'm sad to say that Natalie Coughlin's story was actually very interesting to me, and it made her race much more intense to watch. Kelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb092 0 #71 August 19, 2004 QuoteDoes anyone else think the Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina looks like a poster child for eating disorders??? OMG, she makes Mary Kate look healthy! Someone give that girl a cheeseburger! My thoughts exactly. I couldn't believe how bad she looked What could possibly go wrong? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #72 August 19, 2004 What I think is kind of funny is that you can look up some results on the internet or hear them on the radio long before NBC airs the events. (Mens Gymnastics, for example) but they seem to be trying to hold back some of the others. (like the Women's Gymnastics and some but not all of the swimming events.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #73 August 19, 2004 QuoteI'm just curious as to how all of you would improve the coverage of the Olympics. Kelly Overall I think they are great. The only thing I would change is some of the announcers. Al Trautwig is all over the place announcing (gymnastics this year, the Tour de France earlier in the summer) but he never seems to know much about what he is announcing. I understand why NBC has him there, because he is sitting there live asking the kind of questions of the other announcers that many people at home are probably asking. I think that is great in regard to at home viewers understanding what is happening, but I would much prefer if they had someone that knew what was going on simply do a running commentary explaining things rather than some guy sounding like he doesn't understand anything. Anyway, really not much of a complaint. I love watching everything!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #74 August 22, 2004 I am waiting for tuna to give a follow up to this thread. Seeing as he totaly trashed Phelps.. I think some kind of "umm I'm a dumbass" remark is in order.. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #75 August 22, 2004 Where did he place in the 200 meter free? I forget. Refresh my memory? Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
