Why not. I can easily count a half dozen events that are much less a sport than flag football.
Huge difference. Mini golf takes absolutely no athleticism (not that golf is hugely athletic). But flag football is a very athletic sport.The same reason I don’t want mini golf in the Olympics
Pet peeve -- and I know there are lots of places where you can watch the Olympics if you want to see stuff bad enough -- but it bugs me to irrational levels that NBC only shows you gymnastics and swimming for basically two weeks straight. There are something like 400 events and a lot of incredible athletes participating, but it gets whittled down to two groups of athletes occupying countless hours on the main network. Wish they'd spread the love around a little more.
Of course, you want ratings, but seems like you can do both in prime time, e.g., in gymnastics, how about showing some of the other women from other countries who are in medal contention, instead of all the US routine, they did it in men's gymnastics when Japan and China were neck and neck for the gold medal.Peacock is $7 and you can watch everything.
And why would you expect the prime time show to show anything other than Americans? A handball match between Latvia and Andorra isn’t gonna draw ratings here
Last night the Brittish guy (Gold medal) was smokin hot on his shots 48 of 50 hits, breaking the old Olympic record by I think 5. I think 2nd got 44 (which also broke the old record). After those 2 it dropped off significantly (I think the American got like 19 but was still in the top 6).
E and USA networks are covering along with some Peacock stations as well.