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Well, well, well... I guess USA can really rig these Games into their favor? What an epic bullshit.

7 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

Efimova has tested positive twice so she is well and truly proved to be a doper. 

But the issue here is why Russia as a country should be banned from these Games not whether Efirmova should start. And Efimova is so irrelevant these days I presume even US swimmers don't mind she's here. After all, she is not taking away any medals from them

Since Justin Gatlin was allowed to take part in Rio Games as a repeated doping offender and only a hamstring injury prevented him from making Tokyo I feel like Ryan Murphy is barking at the wrong tree to begin with.

When Americans don't win gold medals they always have to blame outside influence, not themselves.

Sun Yang isn't here yet they don't blame Dean & Scott for taking away their medals at this distance?

Efimova isn't taking away medals so now it's Rylov who has to be on doping, right? How convenient

Or maybe they should blame Hafnaoui who also had the nerve to take away one of the US gold medals in 400 free. He must be on doping, right?

America only loses when someone else is cheating. Ho-hum! Someone needs to tell Ryan Murphy he's not Ryan Lochte

Well, I suppose 99% of Americans have no idea who Megan Kalmoe is and they still won't know who she is once the Games are over

Here's the shot why were DQ in the mixed relay. The American isn't even in the same shot as the others...

Oh look, there she is!  The attempt for the man to run 415 meters and woman 385 has massively failed.

Save for the USO default vs Carreno Busta this is Djokovic's first official loss on outdoor hard court since October 2019 (vs Tsitsipas in Shanghai).

Terrible penalty shooting from

Naeher is a much better GK overall, it was clearly on display today.

12 hours ago, NearPup said:

I'm guessing some people at Rugby Canada are going to start editing their résumé...

I don't know anything about women's rugby but losing to Fiji in the 7s isn't exactly unexpected?

Just now, Quaker2001 said:

You do realize there's like 4 cable channels with live Olympic coverage at 3am, right?  Please every event streamed on the app.

 

This is a country of 330+ million people.  Everyone wants something different.  Those who are enough to seek out the coverage they want are more than content with it.  For most of the rest of the crowd, it's easier to bitch and moan about how it's too difficult to use an app.  There's a reason NBC tends to cut out parts of the ceremonies on their edited version.  Viewers tune out during certain segments.  That's a proven fact.  Everyone says they want to see the entire ceremony.  Actual data shows that's not necessarily the case.

 

And yes, many Americans are almost offended by the fact that the Olympics are held at inconvenient times, as if the rest of the world has an obligation to make it easier for us.  Again, the ratings drop is due to a dozen different reasons.  I'd still like to see what it looks like when we get to an Olympics not affected by a once in a century global pandemic.  We have at least 3 years until that happens

But my point is not about the lack of TV/stream access but about lack of effort of US society. If someone wants to sleep at 3am rather than watch Olympics then it doesn't matter if NBC puts up 36 cable channels to broadcast everything. Maybe US society only wants to watch things at 6-8pm and that's the end of it. And I presume NBC would know about it for years already hence why they force to have swimming finals in the Asian morning times for instance.

5 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

I think ratings are down as well because Dressel and the other swimmers have failed to become breakout stars in the way Phelps have and athletics will do badly worldwide as there are no global stars to bring in the viewers.

Yeah, that makes sense too. Dressel/Ryan Murphy are no Phelps/Lochte. And Katie Ledecky is no Missy Franklin (who had one breakout Games and got more coverage in 12 months than Ledecky had as the best middle distance swimmer of the last 5 years). And now even Ledecky has underperformed.

This also suggests US audience cares about the big stars and doesn't really care about feel good stories of bland personalities. More LeBron James and less Tim Duncan

6 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

LOL, you sound just like all the morons on social media whining "it's too hard to use the app, why can't NBC just put everything in primetime."  I've been following the entire Olympics.  Cable channels all providing tons of coverage.  Everything live in the app.  Too many people think the primetime show is the entire Olympics.  Sure they're going to focus on Americans.  Is that different than any other country?  No, people say they want to see the NY Jets of the Olympics, but do they really give a crap about the Jets?  I'm a Jets fan and I barely care about the Jets!

 

NBC treats the Olympics like a reality TV program because that's what the audience thinks of it.  That's not their fault that especially this time around, people just aren't into the Olympics.  

But if NBC gives the audience what they want then the viewers drop makes no sense? Because that suggests NBC doesn't give the people what they want. Unless US people don't bother to watch SOG at 3am in the morning no matter what happens and in this case nothing will stop the ratings drop.

5 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

And it’s only because the IOC is corrupt - Russia have been found guilty of state sponsored doping and they haven’t missed a single games run by the IOC despite WADA and most athletes from outside of Russia being in favour of it. 

It's too late to cry over spilled milk now. IOC made their decision and Daily Mail won't change it. WA is run by a chief no less and even Coe didn't have Russia thrown out of the athletics part either which is kinda hilarious given how British press wants them out. Dare I say Coe is more powerful than UK media too?

9 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

NBC's viewership so far is awful.  Way down from Rio in 2016 for a variety of reasons.  Tough to figure how much of that is pandemic-related, but we won't know until Paris 2024 to see if they can bounce back.  They're locked in all the way through 2032

That's what you get if you only decide to follow 5-6 top US names all the frickin' time. NBC might not realize it but at the Olympics people actually want to follow the Olympics, not the 5-6 top dogs for two weeks.

It's like regular US TV, they only talk about the Lakers, Yankees or Cowboys. While at the Olympics people want to see the damn NY Jets and Sacramento Kings too!

I wonder what the British press says after December 2022 when officially returns to competition?

The eternal ban on Russia in sports will never happen no matter what Daily Mail or Greenbank think about it

But it's NBC who is calling the shots? Plus streaming will surpass regular TV within the next decade so it's the only way to go IMO.

IOC is way ahead of the curve, they know exactly where the money is coming from and it's not BBC.

I once watched athletics on BBC over Eurosport (Discovery) and it was unwatchable to neutral viewers due to the UK hype. Michael Johnson had to be the voice of reason and stop telling how Brits will win every single event which the other "experts" predicted

Just now, Orangehair43 said:

The Men’s relay will see one of the USA or UK finishing fourth behind ROC and the meet ending with another major argument about doping.

Neah, there will be no argument. UK newspapers aren't more important than IOC after all.

I think UK press wants to turn the attention away from massive domestic failure in rowing where totally crapped the bed for instance.

didn't make the women's 4x100 medley final.

9 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Barega schooled team like small kids

Yeah, they gave them just too much advantage on the backstretch. That would always backfire if the best guy didn't run out of gas on the last 100 meters.

Btw, was also DQ in the mixed relay.

beats two

doing really well. Yeah, they're only "neutral" until December 2022. I think everyone should remember that 

2 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Ahm, thought so, since there was a 5 minute commentary here, how his WR is like the swimming ones with the suits from 2009. 

Because that is correct. Those vapor shoes will eventually get banned. The swimming suits were banned so quickly because Michael Phelps was openly agianst them back then.

Btw, does anyone else find the meter gaps on screen annoying? I know it can be measured but there's absolutely no point in having this on screen all the time. Just another useless gimmick. It's totally irrelevant there's a 50m gap after four minutes of 10,000 race

leads 4-2 in overtime.

wins SF2.

With out we have an outside shot at medals in this event.

Wang Shun holds off Scott for 200 IM gold.

Bronze for

Andrew faded like a rock on the freestyle leg.

Luis Enrique Zayas from ??? Who says foreigners are unwanted in Belarus?