Re: Stupid ABC coverage of CART! - no spoiler

golf is not a sport!!! its a video game played on grass by those who have no balls. "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:hwhJ6.25455$[email hidden]... > And if the roles were reversed and Golf was ending to show the race, you > would be upset if they stayed to show the winners interviews and youmissed

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> the first 10 laps of the race > > > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that > their > > next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a

break.

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> Who > > GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that > quickly? > > Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on > > replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( > > > > Eldred > > -- > > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... > > > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats > you > > with experience... > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. > >

I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that their next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break. Who GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that quickly? Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

> ABC decided that their >next program was more important. Main problem is CART PAYS ABC to be televised, ABC pays the PGA to broadcast the golf. Thats the BIG difference. ABC wants all the ads they can get for return on their money.

And if the roles were reversed and Golf was ending to show the race, you would be upset if they stayed to show the winners interviews and you missed the first 10 laps of the race "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided thattheir > next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break.Who > GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf thatquickly?

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> Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on > replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

My uncle was a Pro-Golfer {deceased now.} & I never could understand all the "Hub-Bub" about getting a wittle white ball in a hole 200-500 yards away? "O" well to each their own I guess? "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:hwhJ6.25455$[email hidden]... | And if the roles were reversed and Golf was ending to show the race, you | would be upset if they stayed to show the winners interviews and youmissed

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| the first 10 laps of the race | | | "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message | news:[email hidden]... | > I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that | their | > next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a

break.

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| Who | > GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that | quickly? | > Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on | > replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( | > | > Eldred | > -- | > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 | > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett | > F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... | > | > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats | you | > with experience... | > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. | |

I do not understand it either, but on the same token alot of people do not understand watching cars go around in circles "Thom j." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:iVhJ6.51483$[email hidden]... > My uncle was a Pro-Golfer {deceased now.} & I never could understand > all the "Hub-Bub" about getting a wittle white ball in a hole 200-500yards

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> away? "O" well to each their own I guess? > > "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:hwhJ6.25455$[email hidden]... > | And if the roles were reversed and Golf was ending to show the race, you > | would be upset if they stayed to show the winners interviews and you > missed > | the first 10 laps of the race > | > | > | "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > | news:[email hidden]... > | > I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided

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> | their > | > next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a > break. > | Who > | > GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that > | quickly? > | > Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show

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> | > replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( > | > > | > Eldred > | > -- > | > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > | > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > | > F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... > | > > | > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then

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Thom j. <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:iVhJ6.51483$[email hidden]... > I never could understand > all the "Hub-Bub" about getting a wittle white ball in a hole 200-500yards > away? "O" well to each their own I guess? >Because it's a game that fat alchoholic smokers can play and think they are atheletes.

"rik anthrax" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:44iJ6.7466$[email hidden]...

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> > Thom j. <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:iVhJ6.51483$[email hidden]... > > I never could understand > > all the "Hub-Bub" about getting a wittle white ball in a hole 200-500 > yards > > away? "O" well to each their own I guess? > > > Because it's a game that fat alchoholic smokers can play and think they

are > atheletes. I thought that was NASCAR.

In article <iVhJ6.51483$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > My uncle was a Pro-Golfer {deceased now.} & I never could understand > all the "Hub-Bub" about getting a wittle white ball in a hole 200-500 yards > away? "O" well to each their own I guess? > It's one of those things that is better to do than to watch. Like driving in circles. MRSisson -- LOAD "GPL",8,1 RUN

ABC has been doing that for years. Nick EldredP wrote:

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> I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that their > next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break. Who > GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that quickly? > Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on > replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Eldred, The TV market share for Golf is 2 to 4 times that of a Cart race even if Tiger Woods isn't playing. Consider ourselves lucky that we got to watch the whole race. Joel Willstein [email hidden] EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided thattheir > next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break.Who > GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf thatquickly?

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> Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on > replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Yep that sucks for CART. You know you don't have a "popular" product when you have to pay people to show it. If it's really good then people will pay you to have the rights to show it. It's like a really bad meal and the cook has to pay the customer to eat it. Maybe CART should pay the fans to fill the stands too. j/k ;) "GoBucks10" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > ABC decided that their > >next program was more important. > > Main problem is CART PAYS ABC to be televised, ABC pays the PGA tobroadcast > the golf. Thats the BIG difference. ABC wants all the ads they can getfor > return on their money.

Yes it's annoying, but it's just as annoying for golf fans too when our program runs into theirs, as it is when theirs runs into ours. -- Thanks! Tim... ---------------------------------------- www.legendscentral.com ---------------------------------------- "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that their > next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break. Who > GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that quickly? > Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on > replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

What do they hit, then? -- Colin ICQ 25485061 "Carol and gordon Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > golf is not a sport!!! > its a video game played on grass by those who have no balls.

The race winner interview was here for the westcoast version :p but they still bearly got it in.......no time left.......I blame it all on CART not abc/espn......cheap cart needs to buy more time or cut the damn laps or not go yellow for a fly on the track. On 06 May 2001 19:05:48 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote:

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>I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that their >next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break. Who >GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that quickly? >Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on >replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( > >Eldred

> Maybe CART should pay the fans to fill the stands too. j/k ;) Or just give way tickets, like they do in the IRL.....

Was it last year in Japan they taped all the action that occurred during the commercial breaks and played it all back in real time. so that after the commercials, they played the laps we missed, not just the highlights of the leader getting passed. dave henrie "bamboobee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > The race winner interview was here for the westcoast version :p > but they still bearly got it in.......no time left.......I blame >it allon CART not abc/espn

In article <9d4mns$qui$[email hidden]>, "Tim Wheatley" <[email hidden]> writes: >Yes it's annoying, but it's just as annoying for golf fans too when our >program runs into theirs, as >it is when theirs runs into ours. But as I responded, how hard could it be to show replays of the 3-4 shots they would have missed in the meantime? And when does racing EVER run into golf? Few and far between, I'd say... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +25.37...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <hwhJ6.25455$[email hidden]>, "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> writes: >And if the roles were reversed and Golf was ending to show the race, you >would be upset if they stayed to show the winners interviews and you missed >the first 10 laps of the race Probably. I happen to prefer auto racing over golf. And, auto racing always seems to get screwed. Can't they give us ONE??? But really, couldn't they have delayed the gold coverage, and replayed the shots later? That would have been an easy way for both groups to see everything. There's so much 'dead time' during golf coverage while golfers walk to their next shot, or take 5 minutes just trying to line up their CURRENT shot... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +25.37...F2 +151.26... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

A simple split screen would of done the trick. You don't need to here the annoucers in golf. They could of interviewed the driver and saw someone shoot a birdie at the same time. Both people would be happy. "Tim Wheatley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9d4mns$qui$[email hidden]... > Yes it's annoying, but it's just as annoying for golf fans too when ourprogram runs into theirs, as

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> it is when theirs runs into ours. > > -- > Thanks! Tim... > > ---------------------------------------- > www.legendscentral.com > ---------------------------------------- > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that

their > > next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me abreak. Who > > GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf thatquickly?

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> > Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on > > replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( > > > > Eldred > > -- > > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > > F1 hcp. +27.07...F2 +151.26... > > > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > > with experience... > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. > >

ABC does that all the time. If you're lucky, you get a lame attempt to talk to the driver through the radio. How about coming back from commercial to find that you've missed a restart and a crash? The same thing happened for a *tape-delayed* race on Fox (preempted by baseball). [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote: >I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that their >next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break. Who >GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that quickly? >Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on >replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-(-- Jon Willeke <j dot willeke at verizon dot net>

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided thattheir > next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break.Who > GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf thatquickly? > Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on > replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( It's coverage like this that makes me appreciate Speedvision more.

In article <[email hidden]>, EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote: >I can't *believe* we didn't get a winner's interview! ABC decided that their >next program was more important. What was next? Golf! Give me a break. Who >GIVES a f...?! Was it really that important to get to the golf that quickly? >Oh yeah, we might miss one or two shots(which they could always show on >replay). F'king ABC suits... >:-( I've always thought there was a simple solution. Schedule a "CART Today" show on ESPN or ESPN2 *AFTER* the race is scheduled to finish. If the race is running long on the parent network, then show "Thrills & Spills" or a rerun of World's Strongest Man until it's over. I bet hardly anyone would care if either of those got interrupted for post-race coverage. IIRC, there were a few times last year they did pre-race on ESPN2 and threw it instantly over to ABC for the race. Why can't they do it the other way around? -Bill -- | "Instead of letting the moon be the Bill Mette | gateway to our future, we have let Enteract, Chicago | it become a brief chapter in our [email hidden] | history." - Andrew Chaikin

"will" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tmiJ6.72378$[email hidden]... > > Because it's a game that fat alchoholic smokers can play and think they > are > > athletes. > > I thought that was NASCAR. No, in NASCAR you have to be all the above...........and old.......and married to your sister (or at least have a crush on her). David G Fisher

>"David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote > "will" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > Because it's a game that fat alchoholic smokers can play and thinkthey > > are > > > athletes. > > No, in NASCAR you have to be all the above...........and old.......and > married to your sister (or at least have a crush on her). LOL! Funny little boy... -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...