My Olympic Update

The Athens Games are upon us, which means Heather wants to have the TV on as much as possible. She really loves watching the Olympics (summer or winter) and makes the most of it every two years. Personally I'm more partial to the winter games. They seem better suited for TV watching. The summer games seem more like a collection of sports everyone should be outside doing during the warm months, not inside watching.

Anyway, for the next two weeks it's pretty much an NBC station or nothing. Which is okay because this time NBC is trying to cover as many of the sports as possible. Meaning cable stations USA and CNBC are getting called up for active duty and we get to see such off-the-beat-path sports as pairs table tennis and team handball. That's what I like to see. The obscure stuff.

Heather and I noticed how few people were in the stands while watching some of the men's gymnastics coverage. Apparently the IOC noticed this as well. The IOC is very image conscious and has order the Greek Olympic Committee to give away tickets, if need be, in order to fill those stadiums. I guess to me it doesn't matter. The number of people in the stands doesn't change my opinoin of the event or the games. I let the games stand on their own entertainment value, not what other people think of it.

Speaking of what the groups deems as entertainment value in the Olympics. If you take a look at the Yahoo! Most Viewed page. You'd think the only Olympic sport is women's beach volleyball.

Plenty more Olympics to go and plenty more nights of Heather yelling at the TV for some American to "go, go go!"