-Larry
-Larry
It's WAY behind the live action (8-12 seconds).
Plus to use it you really have to watch the race live, which is a problem
for me because I like to let it Tivo for an hour then start watching. You
can figure out why.
Finally, it requires RealPlayer, and I can't think of a company I despise
more.
-Larry
-Larry
> Unfortunately, because Fox has the Major League Baseball broadcast rights
they
> have to cover a lot of late summer/early fall afternoon baseball games
during the
> pennant drives in September, and the playoffs and World Series in October.
So
> there's no way they could broadcast the entire Nascar season. Not to
mention
> that their broadcasts of the NFL on Sunday afternoons starting in
September
> present a direct scheduling conflict with Nascar.
> NBC only got the late season Nascar rights after they lost the rights to
both
> baseball and football. (Hmm.... Maybe MLB and the NFL knew something that
Nascar
> didn't?)
> I also prefer Fox's Nascar coverage, but don't expect the situation to
change any
> time soon.
> > >The coverage of this Pocono race is pathetic. Tony just spun and we
watch
> > >how many replays, then useless commentary. Then we watch the pit stops
then
> > >we watch more replays and useless commentary and finally it goes green
> > >again. We get to watch 2 green flag laps then a fn commercial. After
3+
> > >minutes of commercial it comes back to yet another yellow flag for
debris on
> > >the track and we missed the lead change to boot. Jeeeez, the actual
race
> > >plays second fiddle..
> > I totally agree. I guess coverage is better than no coverage, but I
> > can't stand watching the NBC crew . If they would just focus on the
> > great racing that goes on throughout the pack, they wouldn't have to
> > do that lame-ass through-the-field crap. They always focus on some
> > part of the race where nothing's going on and you get moronic
> > commentary from the three (especially BP, who's getting more senile by
> > the minute), and the three guys will engage in some in-depth, but
> > totally uninteresting, discussion about some driver.
> > Total.bunch.of.idiots.
> > I think they're just trying to be the anti-Fox. They just want to do
> > everything differently, regardless of whether or not it's better. I
> > wish Fox could do the whole season. They're not perfect by any means,
> > and Larry Mac can be such a dope, but NBC looks amatuerish compared to
> > Fox.
-Larry
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uwe
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