Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!fortune!grw From: grw@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Wichman) Newsgroups: net.rec,net.misc Subject: Re: Gripes about Olympic Coverage Message-ID: <3982@fortune.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 16:04:56 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.3982 Posted: Thu Aug 9 16:04:56 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 02:44:07 EDT References: <51@cadre.UUCP>, <2906@teklabs.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 17 bip. I'm one who doesn't mind rooting for the "home team" a bit, so I'm not against flag ceremonies. I don't think they lead to nationalism necessarily. But the problem with ABC is that they have forgotten that the USA is an immigrant country. 99% of the population have their roots elsewhere. Personally, I am at least as interested in the Swedish, Canadian and German teams as I am in the US team. It's not like ABC doesn't have time to show us the other teams. We see each US athlete do his/her stuff THREE TIMES! Once live, once instant replay and once "ABC SUPER SLO-MO". I'd like to see the Americans once, and the teams from other countries in that other time, regardless of whether those teams are in first place. -Glenn