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Left-Factor

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TV Bowling Is Far From Slick
« on: January 23, 2006, 05:27:35 AM »
Personally, I enjoy explanations of some of the more technical elements of the sport.  But if we want to entertain and attract more viewers to the telecast, perhaps this person's suggestions should be heeded.  

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012200839.html

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KDawg77

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Re: TV Bowling Is Far From Slick
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2006, 01:41:54 PM »
To paraphrase Sportscenter: (Aussie accent) "There's a USLESS, USELESS article."
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Bjaardker

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Re: TV Bowling Is Far From Slick
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2006, 02:13:09 PM »
Ladies & gentlemen,

You now have the opinion of Joe Bob Loserman, and now you know why we will never get the technical info & strategies that we all crave.

Most of us are crying about the lack of technical info on the telecasts, it's obvious the regular guy thinks there's too much.

I do have to ask one question. All the time when I tune into PGA I hear about the read of the greens and how they're changing...blah blah blah. How is that any different from the oil patterns we deal with?
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stanski

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Re: TV Bowling Is Far From Slick
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2006, 02:23:28 PM »
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I do have to ask one question. All the time when I tune into PGA I hear about the read of the greens and how they're changing...blah blah blah. How is that any different from the oil patterns we deal with?


The difference is that no one watches golf either (oh wait, thats not a difference).

All kidding asside, the difference is that people can actually experience how tough it is to putt on a green (or play on the course for that matter). The first time you putt on a pga calibur green and watch your putt end up 10 feet right of where you thought it would end up, you realize how tough it is. To an average person that throws the ball straight or can't hit within an arrow of there target, how can they tell how tough the oil pattern is or understand exactly what the announcer is talking about.

The advice to learn more about the players is one of the worst I can think of. Those darned 20 questions (would say something else but i have a fear of getting banned) about what was your neighbors pet's name were absolutely ridiculous in the middle of the telecast.

I personally think that bowling should adopt a t.v. format like golf, following the players through the week (or maybe even like poker, a taped format showing all the exciting moments). How can a casual viewer ever build a knowledge base of players unless they see them on more then 3 telecasts a year?
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kodak816

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Re: TV Bowling Is Far From Slick
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2006, 02:34:58 PM »
if the casual viewer does not get this info here, then
 they may just think that all lanes play the same. i think
 paderson does a good job.
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BrianCRX90

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Re: TV Bowling Is Far From Slick
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2006, 06:28:45 PM »
The main problem to the average viewer or beginner and not the advanced like myself is unlike Golf, you can SEE how they made a course harder. They moved the starting position farther, they put in more sand traps, they raised the ruff and they placed the hole in the more difficult part of the green.

You can't SEE oil in bowling, and is just as difficult to interpet in your head. So unless they used colored oil, no one is going to be able to see it. So you ask the difference between Golf and Bowling, this is it. It's the only sport you can't see what your playing on!
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