Olympics......

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02-24-2018, 12:12 AM
Liverpooldawg

Olympics......

I normally can't get enough of the Winter Olympics, this time I have barely watched. I endured NBC's crappy commenters and coverage to watch my favorite event, the Men's Downhill very early on. The political crap in addition to what I already mentioned turned me off and I've not watched much since. There isn't much else on late tonight so I tried again. No actual sports coverage when I tuned in, but a politically charged piece on the SUMMER Olympics of '68 in Mexico City was airing. ENOUGH! I don't watch sports to hear about politics. I enjoy sports to ESCAPE that crap. NBC has ruined something I truely enjoyed with their crappy commenters and relentless political crap. I hate that network, that includes you too now WTVA.
02-24-2018, 12:22 AM
Dawg61

Women's hockey vs Canada last night was awesome, it was on NBCSN till like 2 in the morning, went to shootout. USA won the gold. Phenomenal tv.
02-24-2018, 12:24 AM
Dawg61

Watch this Liverpool. One of the best things I've ever seen in any Olympics.

https://www.nbcolympics.com/video/ev...deckas-victory
02-24-2018, 12:31 AM
Liverpooldawg

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Originally Posted by Dawg61

Women's hockey vs Canada last night was awesome, it was on NBCSN till like 2 in the morning, went to shootout. USA won the gold. Phenomenal tv.

I saw it on tape sitting at Two Brothers last evening before our game, muted thank god, it was quite enjoyable that way.
02-24-2018, 12:42 AM
Liverpooldawg

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Originally Posted by Dawg61

Watch this Liverpool. One of the best things I've ever seen in any Olympics.

https://www.nbcolympics.com/video/ev...deckas-victory

I saw that, on tape again and I searched it specifically on line. I did't have to suffer through through NBC's crap to see it. Worst Olympics ever for me.......thanks to NBC. I'll qualify that by saying I actually was at THE worst single fan day ever at the Olympics, by general agreement, in person, the first day of track and field at Atlanta in 1996. There were 1.5 million people crammed into downtown that day. It was hot, crowded, and the only medal event we saw was the 20k walk. We waited for and hour and a half, after Shouldering our way through Centenial Park, to get on a Marta to get back to the bus that would take us to the muddy field they forced us to park at 30 miles west of down town. Did I mention we had to get up at 3am at our hotel in freaking Birmingham, the closest we could get, to get there in time to see what we could get a ticket for? It sucked. I'd prefer that over NBC's coverage this time.
02-24-2018, 01:01 AM
Gutter Cobreh

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Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg

I normally can't get enough of the Winter Olympics, this time I have barely watched. I endured NBC's crappy commenters and coverage to watch my favorite event, the Men's Downhill very early on. The political crap in addition to what I already mentioned turned me off and I've not watched much since. There isn't much else on late tonight so I tried again. No actual sports coverage when I tuned in, but a politically charged piece on the SUMMER Olympics of '68 in Mexico City was airing. ENOUGH! I don't watch sports to hear about politics. I enjoy sports to ESCAPE that crap. NBC has ruined something I truely enjoyed with their crappy commenters and relentless political crap. I hate that network, that includes you too now WTVA.

Your bitching arena knows no bounds...is there one topic in this world that you don’t have some sort of a complaint about?
02-24-2018, 01:38 AM
Dawg61

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Originally Posted by Gutter Cobreh

Your bitching arena knows no bounds...is there one topic in this world that you don’t have some sort of a complaint about?

Liverpool soccer
02-24-2018, 06:11 AM
Crucifictorious

Let me guess. They talked about two black athletes raising their fists on the podium. Only on of THE most important moments in Olympics history/sports history. And that bothered you?
02-24-2018, 08:32 AM
Barkman Turner Overdrive

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Originally Posted by Gutter Cobreh

Your bitching arena knows no bounds...is there one topic in this world that you don’t have some sort of a complaint about?

He does have that man crush on everything USCw.
02-24-2018, 09:41 AM
Lord McBuckethead

Well, I don't remember seeing too much political stuff, but what bothered me was that NBC didn't show much actual competition. Didn't show past performances. Didn't show the leaderboard that often. Oh yeah the commentators didn't really describe how events were judged, what they are looking for, etc. Basically they refused to share live information. For example, during the half pipe they kept talking about how high the men were getting. Talked about their ankle bracelets and how they reported height. But for some reason, they didn't put the live stats on the screen so we can compare against Sean White and that other dude's first big air move.
02-24-2018, 10:54 AM
Dawg61

My biggest beef with NBC is that they control all the footage and aren't allowing anyone to show highlights of any of it on twitter or instagram and they aren't showing it either on those platforms so all we get are still shots of athletes celebrating a gold instead of being able to watch the highlights like we'd normally be able to do if it was any other single sport like NFL, NBA etc...
02-24-2018, 12:01 PM
Liverpooldawg

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Originally Posted by Dawg61

Liverpool soccer

Plenty to complain about there! ;)
02-24-2018, 12:03 PM
Liverpooldawg

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Originally Posted by Crucifictorious

Let me guess. They talked about two black athletes raising their fists on the podium. Only on of THE most important moments in Olympics history/sports history. And that bothered you?

Just leave the politics out. I don't watch sports to see political statements. I watch sports to get away from political statements.
02-24-2018, 12:13 PM
Liverpooldawg

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Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead

Well, I don't remember seeing too much political stuff, but what bothered me was that NBC didn't show much actual competition. Didn't show past performances. Didn't show the leaderboard that often. Oh yeah the commentators didn't really describe how events were judged, what they are looking for, etc. Basically they refused to share live information. For example, during the half pipe they kept talking about how high the men were getting. Talked about their ankle bracelets and how they reported height. But for some reason, they didn't put the live stats on the screen so we can compare against Sean White and that other dude's first big air move.

This as well. Their coverage and commentary is just not good, even when they do stick to the sports.
02-24-2018, 12:26 PM
Liverpooldawg

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Originally Posted by Gutter Cobreh

Your bitching arena knows no bounds...is there one topic in this world that you don’t have some sort of a complaint about?

Off the top of my head I have no complaints about where MSU football is, MSU women's basketball, and the job Cohen is doing.
02-24-2018, 12:27 PM
HereComesTheSpiral

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Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg

This as well. Their coverage and commentary is just not good, even when they do stick to the sports.

The app blows the network coverage out of the water, and Bode Miller and the hockey commentary have been great.
02-24-2018, 12:48 PM
parabrave

Just saw Miracurl on Ice. The Beer supply in Minnesota is going to get low tonite.