Larry,
On Monday I posted some very favorable comments about your Pre coverage.
I did ask for much more coverage of some of the hot field events, like the
shot and the high jump. (And I'm an old distance runner and retired high
school Cross Country coach.) PLEASE go easy on all the sprint coverage.
There are some great personalities in other events - if T.V. needs the
personal angle - if you focus on them as you do on Marion and Mo.
Mostly I want to strongly second the call/request for staying on the
finish line at the end of a race so we can see how others do besides the top
2 or 3 - like the many Americans who ran 3:55-56 at Pre and were ignored.
And instead of just showing the top 3 finishers and times, why not turn a
camera on the scoreboard. I caught an occasional glimpse of it in the
background and it was very clear - as it is at virtually all big meets.
Geoff
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>Subject: Re: t-and-f: My take on the PRE TV
>Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 00:13:20 EDT
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>Dan, you are exactly right on the mile...I sat down with the director that
>morning at went over the mile...These people producers and directors rarely
>do the sport...We have VERY limited budgets given to produce the show with.
>2
>camera's to cover 5 field events and edit down the field events right after
>the show... we have virtually never shown a false start on ESPN in years
>and
>years...other than Marion and in a split second decision it was decided to
>stay with her..When has she last False started ? Many people on our list
>are
>very hard to please...Tom Jordan sent me today an e-mail saying it was the
>best pre telecast -not perfect, but the best in his 19 years ....was there
>anything you liked about the show ? our ratings are up 40 % the last 4 yrs
>...cbs's is down 17 % the last 3 yrs, we must be doing something
>right...I'm
>ALWAYS working to get these guys to do a better job...BTW, the Bowerman
>mile
>was the last event, we didn't do it out of order...I hope you enjoy the
>future shows.
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