It sucked. Plain and simple.
Every surge and break was missed.
Very few splits and the ones they gave were 5-10 minutes AFTER PASSING the marker.
What is wrong with these producers??
How can you cover a race and miss all of the action, give no updates on the position of the trailing runners, and almost no splits??
It's unreal.
How long have Tony Reavis and Larry Rawson been covering this sport? Too long. And they just don't get it.
Some of the action happened during commercial break. We come back from commercials and suddenly Cheruiyot and Merga are 50yds clear. Why in the world can't they go back and show them break?? I can watch a baseball game and see a replay of a play two seconds after it happened.
How about more split screen with men's AND women's race. Showing Erkesso running out front alone for minutes at a time and then cut back to men and positions have changed, guys have fallen back, and we missed it. Nobody in production is watching the men's race and see's the developing action and says "maybe we should cut back to that"?. Show them both on split then. WTF?
We also need split screen with race leaders, and chasers. We see the leaders with no idea what is happening behind them. Where are 3rd and 4th place in relation to them?
How about a simple mile split, every mile, at the mile? Why is that so hard? Has the pace slowed? Has the pace increased? Merga ran a 4:37? Well what did Hall run the same mile in?
Can't a guy on motorcycle hang at the mile markers and feed splits right to the announcers ear? Then go up to the next mile? No? Too complicated?
Urgh.
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Running gets no respect, at least in USA. Never has and probably never will unless some real runners take over the coverage from top to bottom. It's a real tragedy for anyone interested in the sport. Unfortunately, not that many lazy ass people (majority) are interested.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the media will need something else to sell other then speed. The only time in recent history where ratings for a major marathon have spiked was when a hot chick was running (Goucher) or a "celeb" athlete (Lance) laced them up. The media WILL respond to customer demand. The demand needs to be there before the coverage.
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