But in case it’d make you feel better, Duffy was calling out Ebersol on his “people want an experience…to be told a story” bullshit. You know, rather than letting the sports speak for themselves. The schmaltz, as he called it. So his last line was his way of saying “Not so fast, Dick. If that were true, that people tune in because or your Roone model, you’d have ratings for all your other programming too.” It was a pretty good line actually. You misunderstood it. That’s all.

No, I got all that. Thanks, though.

I felt like Ebersol was referring more to people who watch the Olympics. People who watch the Olympics and people who watch those other sports likely aren’t the same demographic.

Furthermore, lumping those other sports, which do not have the broad appeal as the Olympics, felt silly and forced.

Feel free to explain it to me if it’ll make you feel better.

You not getting it made me feel fine actually. I prefer it this way, gives me things to comment on.

anyone have links?

Raise your hand if you didn’t understand Duffy’s point.

/waits for johndewar to raise his hand.

Feel free to explain it to me if it’ll make you feel better.

NBC has entire departments with dozens of people (that know a lot more about this than you and I) who are doing the math on the projected number of viewers and subsequent ad revenue. If they thought they would make $1 more by airing an event twice, they would air it twice.

Given the track record of NBC in just the last few years, I would doubt this very much.

Yes. He doesn’t know what you and I know, and he doesn’t know what NBC knows. All he can really speak to is what he himself knows, which he admits is practically nothing. So his entire comment is…nonsense then?

/enters staff meeting of NBC department with dozens of people who know a lot and do math and stuff
//steals a slice of pizza

NBC has entire departments with dozens of people (that know a lot more about this than you and I) who are doing the math on the projected number of viewers and subsequent ad revenue. If they thought they would make $1 more by airing an event twice, they would air it twice.

Given the track record of NBC in just the last few years, I would doubt this very much.

Sports are not just great television. They are the only great television left.

So you’ve never seen Breaking Bad or Curb Your Enthusiasm. Noted.

NBC is a monopoly and the only way to avoid them is by using illegal sites.

But why would I want to avoid them? They have provided me with multiple channels to watch events live, I have only had one minor issue with their website, and if I want to watch on tape delay with friends and family, I can.

And although the scale is different, isn’t this exactly what TBL does when he posts in an attempt to maximize pageviews?

This is free and it is your choice to be here.

NBC is a monopoly and the only way to avoid them is by using illegal sites.

I just don’t expect a company with billions of dollars on the line to put anything other than their bottom-line at the top of their list of interests,

Sounds like communist talk.

It’s all I could stare at watching him on ESPN

I just don’t expect a company with billions of dollars on the line to put anything other than their bottom-line at the top of their list of interests,

And although the scale is different, isn’t this exactly what TBL does when he posts in an attempt to maximize pageviews?

Obrien told the psu community today to nut up and stop playing victim

He has been taking that stance for a while. I’ve been on team dimple chin ever since he was hired the way he has handled the shit situation he entered.

I don’t understand the NBC defense you are paying more (in tv price, time spent watching, internet quality, access and more commercials) for an inferior product.

It’s like you all enjoy being gouged with Horaztio Alger delusions of doing the gouging yourself one day: “One of these days I will be the cable baron and fuck you all.”

I just don’t expect a company with billions of dollars on the line to put anything other than their bottom-line at the top of their list of interests, rather far ahead of what bloggers have to say about the issue.

The same way I don’t expect ESPN to show Vanderbilt basketball games instead of Duke or Carolina.

Sports are a business. The Olympics are the ultimate of that. I expect them to try and cash in.

I honestly have only seen the bits that were on tape delay last Saturday night on NBC, everything else I have watched live via the BBC.