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no live coverage on the major
> On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 20:16:40 -0400,
> >Was there? I didnt see anything on ABC.
> espn
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 20:16:40 -0400,
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The PGA Championship was on CBS, sponsors won't stick to NBC when there's
such a thing on another of the big 3. So they sell the race to ESPN (even
if they are the same company), which them attract their own commercials.
Because on ABC you had such incredible stuff like TaeBo and the little guy
who's hyperactive and selling kitchen accessories (can't remember his name.
agh!).
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how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
At least it doesn't get pre-empted on ESPN. The local ABC affiliate dumped
the Toronto race, which was extremely aggravating since it was also an off
weekend for NASCAR. So here I am on a Sunday afternoon with NO racing.
ARRGGGGGH. If the idiots would think that at least some of the NASCAR fans
would've tuned into the CART race that weekend for a "fix", they would've
realized they'd get better ratings than some Ron Popeil sales extravaganza
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>The PGA Championship was on CBS, sponsors won't stick to NBC when there's
>such a thing on another of the big 3. So they sell the race to ESPN (even
>if they are the same company), which them attract their own commercials.
>Because on ABC you had such incredible stuff like TaeBo and the little guy
>who's hyperactive and selling kitchen accessories (can't remember his name.
>agh!).
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>-- May the Downforce be with you...
>"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
>how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
Hey, at least you got something! Eurosport elected to show Spanish
football instead of CART!
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>> Was there? I didnt see anything on ABC.
And it was such a fascinating race! Isn't that Juan Montoya just
crazy? (BTW, the American pronunciation of his first name still
puzzles me. I always hear "One Montoya leads the race" and ask myself
"are there several Montoyas in the race?" :)
What does CART management do wrong? With such a great 'product', it
should be easy to find 'customers'. Look at F1 - the races are quite
boring unless Hakkinen or Schumacher has to come back from the end of
the field. And yet, it's immensely popular. The CART formula is so
much more entertaining: 'full course yellow' and a pretty even field
of cars keep the races interesting, there's a lot of overtaking, the
cars don't break as easily. Yet nobody seems to be interested. Why?
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> >There was indeed. We had the "delayed telecast" down here last night. I
> >think it was Mid-Ohio(?)
> >> Was there? I didnt see anything on ABC.
> Looks like CART is indeed doing badly - no live coverage on the major
> US networks, no live coverage in Australia, and, last but not least
> important (at least for me), no live coverage in Europe either. For
> some unknown reason, Eurosport only had a condensed broadcast the next
> day. (They *say* it has something to do with covering live more
> popular events, such as matches in the Spanish football league <sigh>,
> but if that be the case, why do they broadcast old stuff while the
> race is going on?)
> And it was such a fascinating race! Isn't that Juan Montoya just
> crazy? (BTW, the American pronunciation of his first name still
> puzzles me. I always hear "One Montoya leads the race" and ask myself
> "are there several Montoyas in the race?" :)
> What does CART management do wrong? With such a great 'product', it
> should be easy to find 'customers'. Look at F1 - the races are quite
> boring unless Hakkinen or Schumacher has to come back from the end of
> the field. And yet, it's immensely popular. The CART formula is so
> much more entertaining: 'full course yellow' and a pretty even field
> of cars keep the races interesting, there's a lot of overtaking, the
> cars don't break as easily. Yet nobody seems to be interested. Why?
> --
> Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.
cancellation
> >There was indeed. We had the "delayed telecast" down here last night. I
> >think it was Mid-Ohio(?)
> >> Was there? I didnt see anything on ABC.
> Looks like CART is indeed doing badly - no live coverage on the major
> US networks, no live coverage in Australia, and, last but not least
> important (at least for me), no live coverage in Europe either. For
> some unknown reason, Eurosport only had a condensed broadcast the next
> day. (They *say* it has something to do with covering live more
> popular events, such as matches in the Spanish football league <sigh>,
> but if that be the case, why do they broadcast old stuff while the
> race is going on?)
> And it was such a fascinating race! Isn't that Juan Montoya just
> crazy? (BTW, the American pronunciation of his first name still
> puzzles me. I always hear "One Montoya leads the race" and ask myself
> "are there several Montoyas in the race?" :)
> What does CART management do wrong? With such a great 'product', it
> should be easy to find 'customers'. Look at F1 - the races are quite
> boring unless Hakkinen or Schumacher has to come back from the end of
> the field. And yet, it's immensely popular. The CART formula is so
> much more entertaining: 'full course yellow' and a pretty even field
> of cars keep the races interesting, there's a lot of overtaking, the
> cars don't break as easily. Yet nobody seems to be interested. Why?
> --
> Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.
cancellation
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