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kev3inp

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Thanks ESPN
« on: September 07, 2008, 05:04:54 AM »
I tuned in to watch the women bowl and instead there's some neck-car race.  Thanks, ESPN.  Oooo, a left turn!  Oooo, another left turn!  Don't know if I can stand the excitement.
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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #31 on: September 08, 2008, 01:41:45 PM »
Television management/executives only care about one thing: money! Higher ratings allows them to charge more for advertisements. Of course, we all know that!

What irks me is that the on-screen guide for DirecTV is even wrong, when broadcasting LIVE things. They showed IndyCar racing on the guide but Nascar on the screen. A whole bunch of things were screwed up, including not getting ANY bowling at all.

Oh well, at least one league starts tomorrow night.
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Crankenstein300

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #32 on: September 08, 2008, 03:30:16 PM »
You can blame tropical storm Hanna for the problem. The NASCAR race was supposed to be on ABC Saturday night but it was delayed until Sunday ay 1 eastern due to the storm. And I don't care what insults you hurl about NASCAR, it draws WAY more viewers and sponsors than bowling or near anything other than the big time sports will so of course it will pre-empt anything that was there first. I managed to DVR it after the race and it was an OK show.

Blame ESPN all you want but any other network would have done the same thing.
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Kid Jete

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #33 on: September 08, 2008, 03:36:30 PM »
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You can blame tropical storm Hanna for the problem. The NASCAR race was supposed to be on ABC Saturday night but it was delayed until Sunday ay 1 eastern due to the storm. And I don't care what insults you hurl about NASCAR, it draws WAY more viewers and sponsors than bowling or near anything other than the big time sports will so of course it will pre-empt anything that was there first. I managed to DVR it after the race and it was an OK show.

Blame ESPN all you want but any other network would have done the same thing.


What made me laugh was that those same insults people are hurling at NASCAR can be used to describe most league hacks as well.  But I guess this is a bowling forum so we can go around making fun of that crowd now can we?  
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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #34 on: September 08, 2008, 03:45:32 PM »
it was on at four pm after the race
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KennyRambo

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #35 on: September 08, 2008, 04:49:00 PM »
At least the nascar race didn't have Cathy Dorin-Lizzy's smoker voice yapping in every 5 minutes.
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230-n-up-or-bust

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #36 on: September 08, 2008, 05:15:34 PM »
70,000 metric tons of rain fall from Tropical Storm Hanna, forcing a scheduling change which creates the most inconvenient of all inconveniences(the preempting of women's bowling in favor of a sport that attracts 2340 times more viewers) and this cornhole's complaining?

Sorry about the exaggeration.

68,578 metric tons, not 70K.
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kev3inp

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #37 on: September 08, 2008, 05:48:19 PM »
Sorry, I'm just not interested in guys driving around in a circle. At least there could be a few crashes to liven things up.  That's all anybody watches for anyway.  I know there's tons of engineering that goes into it, but it doesn't impress me.  If engineering was fascinating we'd be watching the space program, or what's left of it.  Just because it's popular doesn't make it good.  Sorry if your intelligence has been insulted, or you feel you've been lumped in with a bunch of morons with a lack of dental hygiene. I'd rather watch drag racing or grand prix for motorsports.
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230-n-up-or-bust

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #38 on: September 08, 2008, 05:54:35 PM »
What's most confusing to me is that you can't figure out that ESPN, like any other business entity, tries to make money.  When there's a waiting list for season tickets to attend men's, women's, youth, gorilla, giraffe, etc. bowling events, in addition to the 110,000 that attended the Richmond race on Sunday afternoon, ESPN might actually show NASCAR on ESPN Classic.  Besides, isn't a LOT more fun to find out who won an event, fail to place "spoiler" in the topic when the winner is congratulated because it's tape-delayed by three weeks, and then have a thread to flame about?
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Dan Belcher

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #39 on: September 08, 2008, 06:26:20 PM »
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Sorry, I'm just not interested in guys driving around in a circle.
... I'd rather watch drag racing or grand prix for motorsports.
And drag racing is just guys driving in a straight line and road racing is just guys driving in really convoluted twisty circles.  Oval racing is a hell of a lot more than "guys just driving in circles," but people like you will never get it, so it's a waste of time trying to explain it.  (And for what it's worth, I personally enjoy watching racing on ovals, road courses, street circuits, drag racing, etc.)
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KennyRambo

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #40 on: September 08, 2008, 07:52:30 PM »
Hell, this could have been great for the Women's U.S. open, I mean they had 329249842824024 more viewers watching the show before them then they probably would have had if nascar wasn't put on.


And again, the going circles thing. Wow. Bowling has the same misconceptions, it's just throwing a ball down a lane, anybody can do it....
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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #41 on: September 08, 2008, 10:00:46 PM »
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Want to see a typical Nascar fan? Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iMd8Pm-2EE



i was so waiting for the turtle man video lol
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kev3inp

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« Reply #42 on: September 09, 2008, 03:52:39 AM »
What's confusing to me is you can't figure out that I know ESPN makes more money from the horde of bubbas who watch it, but I don't care about that. I'm not interested in it.  So 110,000 people show up.  Soccer is more popular worldwide than NASCAR, so since even more people watch it, I'm sure you're glued to ESPN Deportes.  No, not interested? But look at how much money it makes. Look at how many are into it. See, who cares?
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BrunsBrent

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #43 on: September 09, 2008, 05:18:35 AM »
theres a lot more nascar fans than bowling fans, so stop crying. or pick a more popular sport to watch... plus, watching womens bowling is like watching womens basketball...
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EboHammer4ever

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #44 on: September 09, 2008, 06:42:55 AM »
Thats ok by me.  I love NASCAR and bowling but I wasted an hour of my life listening to old Bo Burton and Marshall Holman and there outdated 1950's to 1980's bowling knowledge.  I mean are you kidding me?  If I heard one more time ask Shannon O'Keefe why did Diandra switch to her plastic ball for the ten pin, I was going to shot myself.  Geez!!!  Are you telling me they couldn't get Randy Peterson to do the play by play?  They know nothing of the modern game and modern bowling equipment.  They should be put on the shelf like thier ancient bowling equipment!!
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KennyRambo

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Re: Thanks ESPN
« Reply #45 on: September 09, 2008, 09:57:47 PM »
The tv channels care, and concerning the decision as to what plays, they're the only ones who need to care.
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