Metro Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 From the Globe and Mail:Soccer a low priority The CBC is proud of its comprehensive Olympic coverage, but it is giving short shrift to soccer. In the United States, early round telecasts of the men's and women's tournaments start today on MSNBC and Spanish language Telemundo. But, in Canada, fans will have to wait for the playoffs in two weeks to receive any coverage. Soccer is taking a back seat, because of the absence of Canada's men's team and the shocking failure of the women to qualify. It makes more sense for TSN, which is the CBC's cable partner and is focusing on team sports, to air softball and baseball, sports in which Canada is competing. Depending on the scope of its broadcast license, the digital channel CBC Country Canada could have been used to show soccer. The CBC is planning to use Country Canada to air same-day telecasts of Olympic equestrian events. Fans are out of luck if they are hoping to watch soccer on MSNBC. All Olympic content on U.S. cable channels will be blacked out in Canada. Still, Rick Chisholm, the head of programming and production for TSN, said the network has the flexibility to increase its soccer coverage if a strong story develops. TSN will be using BBC announcers when it airs live coverage of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final for the men and the women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcl_19 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Thank god they're not letting a so called "sport" like soccer get in the way of Equestrian on television.... wait a tick..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Well what can you expect? The Canadian teams weren't good enough to make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by marcl_19 Thank god they're not letting a so called "sport" like soccer get in the way of Equestrian on television.... wait a tick..... Basically why I hate the olympics. It's not about sports, its about waving your country's flag in other people's faces as often as possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 Krammerhead's right. Live coverage of the quarters, semis and final...that's more than what I was expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Crampton Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I must agree with Metro - I wasn't expecting to see any soccer after the women blew it. Quarters, semis, and finals means I'll actually be watching some Olympics. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew W Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 If you apply the same rational to the basketball tournament, we wouldn't see any live games until the playoff round. Think that'll come to pass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Don't care. Not just about basketball but the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 The Americans get to see Olympic soccer, but we got all of Euro 2004 (without having to pay an arm and a leg). Take your pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 quote:Originally posted by DJT The Americans get to see Olympic soccer, but we got all of Euro 2004 (without having to pay an arm and a leg). Take your pick. I'll pick Euro 2004. However, watching Euro2004 thru the BBC or ITV instead of Vic Rauter is definitely worth something. Maybe an arm or a leg. Perhaps not both though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Vic Rauter and company were on only during the pre-match, halftime and post-match shows (which aren't really necessary in my eyes; I like to see the pre- and post-match stuff that goes on at the stadium, but halftime is breaktime for me, regardless of who's doing the show). Actual commentary came from one of those English channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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