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ELA

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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #28 on: February 04, 2022, 01:31:16 PM »
The other issue is that the Summer Olympics are usually in August.  They are competing with nothing.  I'll take a couple weeks off from midseason MLB to tune in.  I'm not opposed to watching them, but it's the NFL playoffs, NCAA hoops is just about to hit March, typically pitchers and catchers are reporting, and hell, you even have NBA and NHL for good measure.  I'm just not typically going to pick Olympics, and we've passed an age where NBA can show prime events in their 8:00 window.  I don't care enough to watch already knowing the result
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #29 on: February 04, 2022, 01:43:29 PM »
Quote from: ELA on February 04, 2022, 01:31:16 PM
The other issue is that the Summer Olympics are usually in August.  They are competing with nothing.  I'll take a couple weeks off from midseason MLB to tune in.  I'm not opposed to watching them, but it's the NFL playoffs, NCAA hoops is just about to hit March, typically pitchers and catchers are reporting, and hell, you even have NBA and NHL for good measure.  I'm just not typically going to pick Olympics, and we've passed an age where NBA can show prime events in their 8:00 window.  I don't care enough to watch already knowing the result
For me this is a dead time in sports, same as August.  The conflict with "NFL playoffs" is just one game, the Superbowl, which doesn't interfere with much.  NCAA basketball is not yet in March so I don't give a rat's ass.  MLB sucks so I don't give a rat's ass.  NBA sucks so I don't give a rat's ass.  Not even sure what the NHL is.

College baseball I care about, but our first series doesn't begin until 2/18 and the Olympics are just about done by then.

This period is just about as sports-dead to me as August, main difference being in August I'm spending a LOT more time outside at night and on weekends, than I do in February, so there are even fewer conflicts in Feb.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #30 on: February 04, 2022, 02:15:38 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on February 04, 2022, 01:43:29 PM
For me this is a dead time in sports, same as August.  The conflict with "NFL playoffs" is just one game, the Superbowl, which doesn't interfere with much.  NCAA basketball is not yet in March so I don't give a rat's ass.  MLB sucks so I don't give a rat's ass.  NBA sucks so I don't give a rat's ass.  Not even sure what the NHL is.

College baseball I care about, but our first series doesn't begin until 2/18 and the Olympics are just about done by then.

This period is just about as sports-dead to me as August, main difference being in August I'm spending a LOT more time outside at night and on weekends, than I do in February, so there are even fewer conflicts in Feb.
Somewhat similar for me. 

The CFB/NFL overlap for me is football pretty much all the time. Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. With Tues/Weds having a lot to do regarding managing a fantasy football team.

I obviously care about college basketball, but I don't make any games other than Purdue "appointment viewing", and I'll even time-shift a Purdue game if I've got something else going on. But that's maybe 4 hours a week, until we get into conference and NCAA tournament time. 

So yeah, I don't have much else to watch right now. Usually throw on golf during the work day on Thur/Fri, but that's just background noise really. 
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #31 on: February 04, 2022, 02:20:21 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on February 04, 2022, 02:15:38 PM
Somewhat similar for me.

The CFB/NFL overlap for me is football pretty much all the time. Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. With Tues/Weds having a lot to do regarding managing a fantasy football team.

I obviously care about college basketball, but I don't make any games other than Purdue "appointment viewing", and I'll even time-shift a Purdue game if I've got something else going on. But that's maybe 4 hours a week, until we get into conference and NCAA tournament time.

So yeah, I don't have much else to watch right now. Usually throw on golf during the work day on Thur/Fri, but that's just background noise really.

Yeah exactly-- I like UT basketball, I'll watch if there's nothing else going on, but that's only a couple games per week and it doesn't become must-see for me until March.  I don't bother watching anyone else's teams, until the tournament.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #32 on: February 04, 2022, 02:24:49 PM »
Even college football is a Saturday only thing for me now.  I don't know that I watched a minute of off Saturday college football the past few years.  College basketball isn't appointment viewing, but I'll generally watch a few games per week, which is more per week than weeknight college football/NFL in a whole season
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #33 on: February 04, 2022, 05:45:44 PM »
MLB is the greatest sport in history, except for CFB.  

I think UGA does have a men's BBall team.  I am not really sure.

I still can't believe the Dawgs beat Bama, it doesn't seem real.  Alternate reality stuff.  Next thing you know Michigan will have beaten Ohio State too.

Maybe I can adopt the Bengals, I did live there for a long while.  But then we have Stafford and Michel for LA.

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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #34 on: February 04, 2022, 08:44:49 PM »
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #35 on: February 04, 2022, 10:16:19 PM »
Quote from: ELA on February 04, 2022, 08:44:49 PM
Can't disagree with a single word

https://sports.yahoo.com/beijing-2022-blind-eyes-come-cheap-at-the-ioc-213329162.html
wish the US grew a pair and boycotted the Olympics and refused to compete in any Olympics that is held in China, ever.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #36 on: February 04, 2022, 10:18:30 PM »
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #37 on: February 05, 2022, 05:28:45 AM »
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #38 on: February 05, 2022, 11:27:26 AM »
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #39 on: February 05, 2022, 12:05:08 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on February 05, 2022, 11:27:26 AM
Yeah... this is great.

Winter Olympic athletes blast conditions of COVID quarantine hotels | Fox News
I saw that

I find it interesting no American has complained course I dont know how many if any have tested positive

seems pretty easy to me for the Chinese to manipulate the games with false positives if they wanted to

Im a little surprised the Olympic folks dont retest with their own test kits maybe they do I dont really know
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #40 on: February 05, 2022, 12:09:25 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on February 05, 2022, 12:05:08 PM
I saw that

I find it interesting no American has complained course I dont know how many if any have tested positive

seems pretty easy to me for the Chinese to manipulate the games with false positives if they wanted to

Im a little surprised the Olympic folks dont retest with their own test kits maybe they do I dont really know
The wetzel article states exactly that. They control the tests.  It's almost like nothing was learned from letting Russia connect the drug testing facility to the Russian athletes dorms when they hosted 8 years ago
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #41 on: February 05, 2022, 12:15:05 PM »
Nancy doesn't want athletes talking smack.   Thou shall obey!
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