My theory on why the Olympics has less and less veiwership..

[Devastatin Dave]

I don't have any articles are back up facts to support my theory, so please allow me to insert a opinion without having linked 1000 paged articles or stats from internet experts...
Its my opinion that the olympics have been outsourced by the internet and better communications. The world is, information wise, much smaller and more connected than ever. Not only that, most professional sports have many people from all over the world playing in them no matter where the professional sprot is located. When i was a kid, I would watch the olympics, but I don't even watch it anymore.

So, who's watching? I'm not, are you? Are these the best athletes in the world? Opinions please and if you have links to support or dispute my theory, please feel free to post them.

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

I thought it was meant to be an amateur event.
It's less interesting to me the more professionals are in it.

Besides, the six nations is on at the moment.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Crappy US channels showing bios on players instead of actual events. That's why.

Crazed Rabbit

[Adrian II]

Dunno.

My guess: Professionalism + Drugs + PR overdose => boring Olympics.

[Papewaio]

My guess: Professionalism + Drugs + PR overdose => boring Olympics.

Drugs... everytime there is a record I wonder what drugs they are using and how long before they get found out.

Carl Lewis for instance was found to be using banned substances during his trials before the Seoul Olympics... he was another cheater.

Flo Jo... although an elite athlete she developed a rare heart condition that killed her. Very rare, except for takers of steroids.

I think at least 80% are drug cheats and that the technology just isn't up to finding most of them. Because suddenly an advance in tech will find a huge amount of athletes doing drugs that were undetectable before (EU cycling).

[drone]

Crappy US channels showing bios on players instead of actual events. That's why.

Crazed Rabbit

TiVo solves all. I've got as many events as possible queued up (especially the odd-hours telecasts), and I will gladly fast-forward through the human-interest stories, boring events, and commercials to watch human beings going waaaaaay faster than they should on ice and snow.

[t1master]

nbc has horrid coverage, plus it's really hard to get nbc tuned in right with the arial antenna. no cable or sattellite in my house...

[Rodion Romanovich]

The only good thing about the winter olympics is the hockey! Unlike the world cup, all the NHL pros are now taking part in the tournament and we'll see a top shape Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and USA...

[Zalmoxis]

TiVo solves all. I've got as many events as possible queued up (especially the odd-hours telecasts), and I will gladly fast-forward through the human-interest stories, boring events, and commercials to watch human beings going waaaaaay faster than they should on ice and snow.

I wish I had TiVo...

[ajaxfetish]

I watch when I can, but with homework and assorted evening commitments that's not as frequent this year as it has been for others.

I'm certainly not a fan of this:

Crappy US channels showing bios on players instead of actual events. That's why.

Crazed Rabbit

Also, is it just me, or do the winter games seem more 'made-up' than the summer ones? There're certainly legitimate events, but where in the real world are you going to run into the need to use your luge, moghul, or curling skills? Summertime seems more weighted toward practical activities like running, jumping, and swimming. Of course the javelin throw and some others may be a little out of date, now.

Ajax

[Viking]

The class got off the german lesson today in order to watch Norway crush the Swedes in curling.

So the olympics is still relatively popular..

[Azi Tohak]

Yeah, I'm watching. But there is also nothing else on. However, I am at home right now (yeah yeah, waiting for work to start up) and my Mom has been a big fan since she was a little girl. So that has rubbed off on me so far.

Azi

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

The professionalism really bothers me. Particularly the grossly overpaid American ones. Even more particularly the grossly overpaid American ones who don't even win. Gah!

And the commercials for the Olympics are much cooler than the real thing. A few seconds of great action sequences and some cool music. The real stuff is pretty boring.

[Sjakihata]

I don't have any articles are back up facts to support my theory, so please allow me to insert a opinion without having linked 1000 paged articles or stats from internet experts...
Its my opinion that the olympics have been outsourced by the internet and better communications. The world is, information wise, much smaller and more connected than ever. Not only that, most professional sports have many people from all over the world playing in them no matter where the professional sprot is located. When i was a kid, I would watch the olympics, but I don't even watch it anymore.

So, who's watching? I'm not, are you? Are these the best athletes in the world? Opinions please and if you have links to support or dispute my theory, please feel free to post them.

My theory is that the OL has more viewers in total now than ever, due to the simple fact that televisions are cheaper than ever and the population on earth is larger than ever.