I agree witha lmost everything that Keith pointed out, except the following:
> Track and Field has very high participatory numbers so I would venture to
say that there is a ready made market which
> would be receptive and supportive of broadcasts in the proper format which
is simply SHOW THE MEET
. The networks would have us believe that the
>average American viewer has such a short attention span that they we
>don't want to see an entire event and I respectfully disagree. I
>again reference soccer, hockey, and NASCAR racing to disprove that
>antiquated notion. Track and Field ha
We've hashed this out on the list many times. The two main reasons that
our audience is lower now is A) there are very few meets televised any more
(at least not when the event actually occurs) and B) they don't show the
meet. Instead, you get tape delayed false starts, b.s. fluff pieces that
