Sunday, March 17, 2013

Broadway's Demise?

Broadway survived the close of Cats.  It'll survive the close of the Big East.

Louisville earned the overall #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament tonight with their epic victory over Syracuse.  Whether the Selection Committee will grant the Cardinals what they've earned remains to be seen.

Why is it, when I listened to Bill Walton and his serious-minded co-announcer doing PAC-12 games, it felt like I was listening to the announcers from the movie, Best In Show?

I shouldn't project anger toward CBS for taking away my enjoyment of the final seconds of a hotly contested C-USA Championship on Saturday morning. 

Is it CBS's fault that the NCAA added all kinds of rules allowing for game stoppages and official reviews? 

Perhaps in the future, CBS could preface games with a warning that they don't plan to show the ending if it overlaps one of the "real" conferences like the B1G.  How hard is it to throw a message on the bottom ticker as a public service announcement, "we're switching away from the exciting conclusion of the C-USA Championship in order to run a long string of commercials before the tip-off of the B1G semi-final game.  You may want to hit our webpage where we're broadcasting the ending of the C-USA Title Game."


CBS's behavior in not showing the conclusion of the game was Heidi-esque.  And every time I run into networks robbing away game endings, it trains me to like sports less and less.

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