Quaker2001

Seems like all the safety protocols are doing what they're supposed to. I know COVID cases are surging in Japan, so it's tough to tell if they are missing out on resources that are otherwise being used on the Olympics, but yea, keep holding your breath for another week

Yea, we suck. Horrible 16 hours in volleyball.. 2 US beach teams go out after winning the 1st set, now this.

Shades of Linford Christie in `96

What the heck just happened? An Italian? Wow, who saw that coming

Yes and no. They have streaming of everything, so they can satisfy that audience and not have them resort to alternate means (say, getting a VPN to watch from another country). But they'll still embargo news outlets from showing anything until a set time, especially for events they know they'll show on primetime

NBC is good, but they're not that good. They'll figure out a way to deal with the Olympics being in Europe. Bigger question is what happens in 2032. Does NBC beg FINA to swap them like they did here or will the Aussies tell them to piss off? I'm guessing it's the latter

That's exactly the point though. People in other countries are accustomed to sports happening outside their borders and will adjust for it. Not here. It's astonishing the number of people out there who won't put in the minimum possible effort to watch the Olympics and then just give up because logging in to an app is too difficult for them. You're 100% right that it's ingrained on a lot of people that the Olympics happen in a nice neat package every night and they expect NBC to present them that way. Sure, they'll got out of their way to move events into US primetime at the expense of the rest of the world. Perhaps that fuels it a little of the narrative. I understand people not wanting to be up at odd hours to watch the Olympics, but that doesn't seem to stop the rest of the world from doing so.

USA wins 4-2 on penalties! Onto the semis to face Canada. That has a very familiar ring to it

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

Pretty much. Swimming and gymnastics are big draws. Track and field, not so much. And they haven't given a ton of coverage on the main network to beach volleyball, which is a shame because all 4 American teams are doing well

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.

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

Tense match between the USA and Netherlands. Save on a penalty kick has the game tied in the 84th minute

Darn, so no golden slam for Djokovic. And who is this Karen that ROC got into the final?

Gold for USA! It's the land of the rising Suni!!

Well that was definitely exciting. Figured we might get the silver, but that wasn't who was supposed to finish ahead

Attaboy Finke!! Saved it all for the end, that was incredible

NBC reports Biles has withdrawn from the all-around. Still might compete in event finals.

You should have seen the United States against Sweden. Very uninspiring performance. Can't read much into today because Australia was playing for the draw. Not sure I like our changes. If defense is your problem, you're facing a team that scored 0 goals in 2 of their 3 matches thus far

Well that didn't go as planned. So much for not winning an event the United States couldn't lose. Hopefully Biles is alright and can compete on Thursday. Would be a real bummer if that vault was the last we see of her

Shown live on the app and on Peacock. Yes, TV coverage is delayed, but they're reporting it on the Today Show only because they know it's live elsewhere

This is unbelievable drama. Between this and the softball gold medal game, I am locked in this morning

Chiles is competing on bars, doesn't mean she has withdrawn entirely

Not good. She is performing more like a goat and less like the GOAT

Not the American we thought would win that race, but wow. Have a day, Lydia Jacoby!