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If you polled 10,000 Americans prior to the Olympics about the three things they most wanted to see happen, what do you think would have been the results? A lot of my fellow Americans say medal count matters most, but I don't think it would have even been second

imo, it would have gone

1. most golds
2. basketball gold
3. most medals
>> Anonymous
idk i bet some of them would say they wanted to see world records beaten
>> Anonymous
I think we'd rather get gold in team sports than shit like weightlifting
>> Anonymous
>>294986
like beach volleyball, basketball, relay swims, indoor volleyball, soccer etc etc
>> Anonymous
>>294979
FYI - nobody in the US cares about NBA basketball. Look at the TV ratings of the 2008 NBA Finals games between the Celtics/Lakers and compare them with Olympics.

NBC even knows this - that is why they didnt even schedule the Basketball Gold Medal game to be shown in primetime, instead NBC aired the game at 2:30AM in the morning in the US on the East Coast.
>> Anonymous
1. Randy Moss
2. Shawn Johnson nude
3. Shawn Johnson nude
>> Anonymous
>>295008
3. Alicia Sacramone Nude GOD DAMNIT
>> Anonymous
>>295001
>>NBC even knows this - that is why they didnt even schedule the Basketball Gold Medal game to be shown in primetime, instead NBC aired the game at 2:30AM in the morning in the US on the East Coast.

NBC scheduled beach volleyball, gymnastics, swimming, and other Olympic events to be shown LIVE during primetime in the US.

NBC didnt even show one basketball game during primetime on TV and relagated it to late night/early morning viewing.
>> Anonymous
>>295001
Um, the game was LIVE for once. That's most likely why the basketball game wasn't shown primetime.
>> Anonymous
>>295015
NBC IS FUCKING RACIST. disregard Jason Kidd. I think hes like half black...maybe..or dominican? WAT EVER
>> Anonymous
>>295019
>>That's most likely why the basketball game wasn't shown primetime.

WRONG.

NBC purposely scheduled other Olympic events like swimming and gymnastics for example for it to be shown during primetime.

Why didnt NBC do the same with basketball and especially the Basketball Gold Medal game? Because they know TV viewers wouldnt watch it.

Keep thinking that basketball is REALLY popular in the US. Maybe in the ghetto it is popular but not in the rest of the US.
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>>295019
'NBC moved heaven and earth to get swimming and gymnastics on live in primetime during the Beijing Olympics. Basketball, meanwhile, gets a timeslot normally reserved for Billy Mays and Facts of Life reruns.

The gold medal final featuring Team USA's lamely-dubbed "Redeem Team" will tip-off at 2:30 a.m. ET tonight ... Considering all the fuss that NBC went to in order to get Michael Phelps and Nastia Liukin on live television, you'd have thought they could have worked out a better tip-time for the basketball final.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/U-S-A-Basketball-faces-off-aga
inst-infomercials
>> Anonymous
>>295032
Fuck man I had to miss out on my Girls Gone Wild commercials just so I could catch the game.
>> Anonymous
>Fuck man I had to miss out on my fapping just so I could catch the game.
>> Anonymous
>>295032
NBC doesn't decide the schedule, the IOC does, we could have tape delayed it but that would be gay and would cut into the closing ceremony(on tape delay).
>> Anonymous
>>295026

Basketball is popular but not amongst people with money

"The West Wing" got terrible ratings but was on TV for seven years because the people who DID watch had money. Pro/Olympic basketball get great ratings but all the viewers are ghetto trash who steal more than they buy.
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>>295055
Naive much?

NBC paid one billion dollars for the US rights to the Olympics. They did schedule the times of the Olympic events for primetime.

Why were the Michael Phelps swimming events scheduled for 9:00AM - 10AM Beijing start times ??? Why were the gymnastics events scheduled for 10AM Beijing start times??? Why were the beach volleyball events scheduled for 10AM Beijing start times???

hmmmmmmmmmmm...
>> Anonymous
>>295026
Hey dipshit, gymnastics weren't live. NBC just aired it on tape delay.
>> Anonymous
>>295110
All gymnastics (men/wimmens) were aired LIVE on NBC.
>> Anonymous
>>295110
Dipshit, the only gymnastics that were tape delayed were the individual events like pommel horse, uneven bars, etc. The team qualifying round, the team finals and the AAs were all live.
>> Anonymous
>>295117
>>295110
All individual apparatus events were on tape delay.
>> Anonymous
1. Most medals
2. Michael phelps break record
3. Most golds and/or gymnastic sweep
>> Anonymous
>>295026
Or you know, maybe people wanted to see it live despite it's on 2 AM in the morning? No one wants to see a tape delayed b-ball gaem.
>> Anonymous
For all the people trying to use the "then why did NBC..." reasoning, there is a reason NBC temporarily dropped to FOURTH in the race of the networks.
>> Anonymous
>>295082
>>295082
because track and field and team sports are played late night. You know more then just NBC bought rights, other countries did too, stop being so arrogant in thinking they would schedule the events just right for only the american public and fuck over the rest of the world.
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>>295067
>>Pro/Olympic basketball get great ratings

NBA basketball used to get good TV ratings during the Jordan era. Now they dont :

Sauce : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Nielsen_ratings

This years Celtics/Lakers Finals got an average 9.3 TV Ratings for all 6 games. Last years Spurs/Cavs Finals for a 6.2. For a comparison, an average night of NBC Olympic coverage during the Beijing Olympics gets 30 share TV ratings and during high-profile events (like swimming/gymnastics), NBC gets a 40 share.
>> Anonymous
>>295139
FOX NEWS is taking over the world!!!!!!!!!
>> Anonymous
>>295158
lol @ nba. that few people watched the finals ???
>> Anonymous
>>295158
lol @ nba. that few people watched the finals ???
>> Anonymous
>>295317
Yeah, because they've fucked the sport up so bad (not calling traveling, slam dunks not being disallowed for goaltending, allowing too much physical contact without calling foul, seemingly-infinite timeouts, etc.) that only bix nood, wiggers, and bandwagon fans (of which I admit I am one for the Celtics) watch it anymore.
>> Anonymous
>>295462

>bawwwwwww don't touch me or i'll bitch and moan until the ref calls foul
>> Anonymous
television ratings have been plummeting since the mid nineties, especially network ratings. not sure how much that factors in, but it's probably more than none.
>> Anonymous
Do TV ratings even matter? There are only like 200 Nielsen boxes out there. 1 person = about 1 million or some fucked up estimate like that. So basically some midwest bumpkins dictate what's cool and not. Fuck Tv ratings.
>> Anonymous
>>295518
the only demos that matter to advertisers is 18 - 45 or some shit like that. And young adults eat sports up.

So who cares if a bunch of oldfags don't like niggerball