The Olympics piss me off. No SNL.

I don't watch sports (ok, ok, I once went to a hockey game, but that was only for the giant cups of beer). I don't find sports exciting, impressive, or otherwise entertaining. I wouldn't care if the Olympics ceased to exist and were canceled due to lack of interest.

I realize this is an unpopular opinion and I'll likely be chided for it, but hey, I'm tired and grouchy, and it's the truth.

The Olympics suck.

With all due respect (and I agree with the vast majority of your opinions) it is a myth that having the Olympics in the US or Canada means that a majority of Olympic events will be televised live. It didn't happen in Los Angeles, it didn't happen in Salt Lake or Calgary or Atlanta and unless there is a substantial change in the way NBC does business it won't happen in Vancouver-Whistler either. The problem is only partially related to the time difference between here and there. There are many other practical considerations. First, many of the events don't lend themselves to live coverage. There is substantial time between runs on the Alpine events. There is substantial time between groups of skaters in figure skating. More importantly, many of these events occur simultaneously. There is a way to take care of it. NBC can set up a number of separate channels on a pay per view basis in the same way that the NFL sells their Sunday Ticket package on DirecTV or the NCAA sells their NCAA first and second round Tournament coverage. I would be happy to pay $100 dollars to see each and every event live on six or seven (or whatever the number is) different channels. It is EXTREMELY difficult to show live events with intermittent times and multiple competitors especially those subject to weather conditions on conventional channels without edition considerations. If you've ever worked in TV, you know it's virtually impossible. Yes, NBC has done a crappy job with its coverage, but some events have been shown live. I watched almost every hockey game live and several curling matches and other late night events were also shown live. I would always watch all events live but in many events it isn't possible no matter where the Olympics are held.

I think the bottom line is that 99% of olympic sports are *boring*. It's made worse with the totally mundane way they annouce them and offer play-by-play. I think that most people really stopped giving a crap about sports like figure skating and such ages ago.

Whether a guy spins three or four times isn't really all that interesting, is it? Most of us wouldn't be able to tell a good routine from a bad one unless the guy fell and busted his ass, which is more interesting than when they don't. I wanted to see the biathalon, but no dice, they stuck it in awful timeslots.

I think the summer olypics hold more appeal than the winter, though to me it is mostly a yawnfest, too. I think NBC really dropped the ball thinking that the sports themselves can carry their own weight. Unless NBC works to get people interested in them, they're just the same-old same-old, with only tenths of a second difference from the last olympics.