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rckymtn3
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I like the burnout, back-up, pre-run tire wiping adjust the idle routines....so thought the two hours worked fine for me, though I wouldn't mind more....what I didn't miss was the human interest stories that take you further from the track or the twitter twitter tweet tweet stuff. So count me as a fence-sitter...I would like more, but really, with Friday ESPN3 and Saturday-Sunday coverage, I really can't say there's not enough 
and in case someone that produces/directs ESPN coverage does read this post....
I can't help but get the Ed McMahon image out of my head when Paul Page speaks....I just see a lit Ed laughing at every other word Johnny said. "Ooooohh....ha ha ha....fire! Cool....ha ha ha ha"
and in case someone that produces/directs ESPN coverage does read this post....
I can't help but get the Ed McMahon image out of my head when Paul Page speaks....I just see a lit Ed laughing at every other word Johnny said. "Ooooohh....ha ha ha....fire! Cool....ha ha ha ha"
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none
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Why do you guys post on a message board to get a message to ESPN?
If you want to tell them they did a good job, wouldn't it be more effective to tell them directly?
I really like Wendy's french fries, I think I'll post a note on fastfoodmater and hope they read it.......... Sheeze
Alan
If you want to tell them they did a good job, wouldn't it be more effective to tell them directly?I really like Wendy's french fries, I think I'll post a note on fastfoodmater and hope they read it.......... Sheeze
Alan
Dave
Nitro Member
I think it comes from the mentality that current (John Kernan) and former (Alan Reinhart) ESPN employees post and read messages here. It's more likely the actual employees can get the message across to the ESPN higher-ups than us lowly fans watching the show. However. If anyone has a direct line to ESPN production or programming, i'd gladly call! 
I think it comes from the mentality that current (John Kernan) and former (Alan Reinhart) ESPN employees post and read messages here. It's more likely the actual employees can get the message across to the ESPN higher-ups than us lowly fans watching the show. However. If anyone has a direct line to ESPN production or programming, i'd gladly call!
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TooTall999
Nitro Member
So who decides whether we get 60,90,or 120 minutes of qualifying and whether we get 2 or 3 hours of eliminations coverage? Is it a market based decision? Or is it decided based on programming blocks?
I'm not saying I know anything about programming, but I would think that 3 hours compared to 2 is a big deal for ratings and that a 3 hour show hurts the numbers. You just cannot ask people to watch a program from 7-10 pm on a Sunday night, it's too long; really 3 hours is a long time at any time block of the day. Indy is on for 6 hours, I don't even turn it on till an hour or so out. Telecast length has to be the reason for our lousy numbers in the ratings. 400,000 viewers a race is a kick in the ass for all the good ESPN does do and they have to turn it around and not just keep moving forward.
Take out the filler and the same ol interviews and the same old questions. I can't tell you how many times i hear so many OBVIOUS answer questions being asked as well as the robot answers. (I see Bill Stephens interview seminar was totally useless and that's sad) The sport is online in ways like never before, those who want filler content can go hunting and read everything. Leave it out of the broadcast and just go back to what makes a good broadcast. Yesterday was almost, almost like old TNN days where it had that perfect balance of on track/off track content.
Can we ditch this "Marquee Matchup" crap? The hype is out of control and half the time there bad picks. I could do a better job picking that. C. Pedregon and Tasca should of been the pick as I could of told you that was gonna be close before they even raced. Capps/Dejoria, Force/T. Ped were what they picked. On paper and overall strength of season capability so far for the teams didn't even match.
Take out the filler and the same ol interviews and the same old questions. I can't tell you how many times i hear so many OBVIOUS answer questions being asked as well as the robot answers. (I see Bill Stephens interview seminar was totally useless and that's sad) The sport is online in ways like never before, those who want filler content can go hunting and read everything. Leave it out of the broadcast and just go back to what makes a good broadcast. Yesterday was almost, almost like old TNN days where it had that perfect balance of on track/off track content.
Can we ditch this "Marquee Matchup" crap? The hype is out of control and half the time there bad picks. I could do a better job picking that. C. Pedregon and Tasca should of been the pick as I could of told you that was gonna be close before they even raced. Capps/Dejoria, Force/T. Ped were what they picked. On paper and overall strength of season capability so far for the teams didn't even match.
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I was NITRO BREATH
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just emailed espn
my friends call me Zappy
Nitro Member
I agree the coverage was great, and they did it in 2 hrs WITH the bike class.
sdwarf36
Nitro Member
Makes you wonder why 1/2 the time the 3 hour show runs just highlites of round 1 in PS or PS/B.
FC138fan
Nitro Member
That was embarrassing. Did the same thing (definitely to a lesser degree) when Antron won over BB as well.
I seriously rewound it to make sure I actually heard what I thought I heard.
To be fair it was the only downer to the entire 2 hours worth of coverage though.
