Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekchips.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekchips!wm From: wm@tekchips.UUCP (Wm Leler) Newsgroups: net.rec,net.flame Subject: Re: ABC Olympic Coverage Message-ID: <1006@tekchips.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 16:26:43 EDT Article-I.D.: tekchips.1006 Posted: Tue Aug 7 16:26:43 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 03:16:58 EDT References: <704@pyuxhh.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 26 I was up in Canada last week, and could receive four different stations that were showing olympic coverage -- two USA (ABC affiliates) and two Canadian. As could be expected, the USA coverage dominated by USA athletes, and the Canadian coverage was dominated by Canadian athletes. The Canadian feed was from ABC, of course, and I noticed that the Canadian stations were pushing USA atheletes as well. I got into a conversation about this with some Canadians. Nobody seemed to think that there was anything unusual about ABC pushing USA atheletes. I seemed to be more embarassed about this than they were (but maybe they are just used to US provincialism). About the only thing we could agree on was that the ABC coverage sucked. My personal complaints -- bad camera work (volleyball) attempting to show things live switching from event to event too many spectator shots (this isn't football!) terrible comentators ("you can only score in volleyball when you are serving" -- gag!) Why don't they tape entire events, edit them and show them from start to finish? I don't care if the coverage is live, as long as I see it the same day. Wm Leler