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Oh please don’t justify this nonsense just because you all lived in the US. Please
It seems like your reading comprehension could be better.
Oh please don’t justify this nonsense just because you all lived in the US. Please
okay, I can tolerate that I missing half of the competition because I am at my job still at that time, I can tolerate that Europeans watch it at 2 am, I can tolerate that Japanese are at work at 10 am, but for some reason, I can´t tolerate to watch the skaters competing in the damn f..kin..g Olympics in a half-empty arena :angry2: :disapp: :furious: , I am sooooo angry about it !!!! :gaah:
How did you feel about the men’s SP in Sochi playing to a half empty arena? That sat on their hands?
Sadly, it seems to be a phenomenon not limited to the circumstances of this Olympics.
I think it's ridiculous that some of the athletes are using the time of the competitions as an excuse. When I was in high school, I had a couple of gymnastics meets that started before 10 am, even though I never had to practice that early. They knew well in advance and should have prepared accordingly.
I wonder if the thread title could be changed to “Nathan Chen’s view”,
Bradie and the Knierims have said they have no problem with the schedule. They have my respect
Tatsuki is wrong, the IOC's priority is making money not the athletes and not US audience. If the British audience was biggest revenue generating market for the IOC the IOC would be bending to put the premiere event during that market's primetime. This isn't an American created problem, but an IOC created problem.
It's not about me, it's about the whole world being condemned to whatever suits America best. I'm sorry but discussing this with so many Americans here is pointless. Of course you're going to defend it.
But I do care about the athletes too. They're not used to competing this early and quite frankly I am surprised that so many people here are basically saying "well, if they want a medal, they have to get over it". Why should they have to get over it in the first place? The schedule should first and foremost be comfortable for the skaters.
How did you feel about the men’s SP in Sochi playing to a half empty arena? That sat on their hands?
Sadly, it seems to be a phenomenon not limited to the circumstances of this Olympics.
Oh no I'm sorry you must have misunderstood me. I wasn't trying to argue that that was the reason for bad skates or anything.
I'm just surprised by the extreme focus on how the american athletes are dealing with it/could have prepared for it and how it was done for the american audience. Especially when there are skaters and an audience outside of that on which that has much more of repercussions.
I guess I was just trying to say that I find it sad that it was possible for NBC to buy it so that it fit ONE particular market - one that isn't even THAT keen on it it seems.
I know that none of the europeans have really complained but I just mean that during the decision making somebody should have considered them as well. Hell I've been trying to swap my sleeping schedule around a little the last few weeks and I still feel absolutely exhausted having to get up at 1am to watch (nevermind skate then).
Also means that hardly any of the european countries will actually get to see FS which I find an absolute shame.
I hope that makes more sense now?
I find it funny that people think athletes aren't allowed to comment on the less than ideal conditions caused by NBC's deals. There's a fine line between whining and simply commentating on something that might negatively affect your performance, and not a single skater has crossed it thus far. Though I do love seeing all the comments here from random posters about how in their day, they had to deal with whatever -- sorry, I doubt your fancy ~practices and ~competitions were the Olympics.