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As US women triumph on foot, NBC drops the ball
It was very disappointing to see NBC on Thursday fail to broadcast the Olympic women's soccer final, foregoing it in favor of the medal games of another ladies' tournament, namely that of water polo. Yes, i know we all love seeing wet beautiful ladies fighting it out fora ball, especially since US was triumphant in this discipline too; but for God's sake, soccer is a far more popular sport--with all respect to wonderful game of polo, by the way itself owing its existence to soccer, as it was invented as its supplement--and the US women's team is as dominant in it, as very few teams, American or foreign, are in anything! Especially given the super dramatic nature of this particular tournament in general, and the Americans' journey in it in particular, what with incredible semifinal fightback vs Canada; a win over talented but somewhat naive France at the group stage, after going down early 0:2, and all.
The way Olympics are broadcast in the US has long been a subject of criticism(i came to the country in '93, my first American Olympic was Atlanta-96, and i remember people criticizing and making fun of NBC's coverage of it. Sadly, it seems not a whole lot has changed-- but just for once, the neglect of the world's most popular game, especially when US is riding high, thus giving the entire nation a great emotional uplift in these difficult times, is really as baffling, as it is long-standing. Perhaps it owes partly to the traditional US attitude towards soccer as a 'foreign' sport; but first of, this attitude is plain erroneous, as soccer has always been a solid presence here, and secondly, in any case, there's a time to overcome such cautions, sooner better than later. US team played great, beat00actually, took revenge--on a great and tough opponent in the shape of Japan's team; actually gained a 'triple crown', winning third Olympic tournament in a row; and depriving us the sports, especially soccer fans, of seeing it on biggest national TV stage, is undoubtedly a miscalculation.
The way Olympics are broadcast in the US has long been a subject of criticism(i came to the country in '93, my first American Olympic was Atlanta-96, and i remember people criticizing and making fun of NBC's coverage of it. Sadly, it seems not a whole lot has changed-- but just for once, the neglect of the world's most popular game, especially when US is riding high, thus giving the entire nation a great emotional uplift in these difficult times, is really as baffling, as it is long-standing. Perhaps it owes partly to the traditional US attitude towards soccer as a 'foreign' sport; but first of, this attitude is plain erroneous, as soccer has always been a solid presence here, and secondly, in any case, there's a time to overcome such cautions, sooner better than later. US team played great, beat00actually, took revenge--on a great and tough opponent in the shape of Japan's team; actually gained a 'triple crown', winning third Olympic tournament in a row; and depriving us the sports, especially soccer fans, of seeing it on biggest national TV stage, is undoubtedly a miscalculation.
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