Unfair how little coverage there is of the Special Olympics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s nice that this organization exists and allows people to compete, but it’s not a moral failing if the average Joe doesn’t want to watch.

That has nothing to do with the network’s equitable obligation to provide equal coverage.

Network tv is not a government entity. There’s no obligation to provide equal coverage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s nice that this organization exists and allows people to compete, but it’s not a moral failing if the average Joe doesn’t want to watch.

Who says the average Joe doesn’t want to watch?

That’s once said about women’s softball yet it makes as much money as many men’s sports except the big 2.

If you air it they will come.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s nice that this organization exists and allows people to compete, but it’s not a moral failing if the average Joe doesn’t want to watch.

That has nothing to do with the network’s equitable obligation to provide equal coverage.

Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s nice that this organization exists and allows people to compete, but it’s not a moral failing if the average Joe doesn’t want to watch.

That has nothing to do with the network’s equitable obligation to provide equal coverage.

Like they provide equal coverage for men's and women's sports?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s nice that this organization exists and allows people to compete, but it’s not a moral failing if the average Joe doesn’t want to watch.

That has nothing to do with the network’s equitable obligation to provide equal coverage.

Like they provide equal coverage for men's and women's sports?

Title IX.

[Anonymous]

I think OP is mixing up the PARAolympics and Special Olympics. Two very different organizations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The network has an obligation to shareholders. They have no obligation to air something that people won't watch.

People won’t watch something that isn’t broadcast! How do they know people wouldn’t watch it, especially if it was given some advertising like some other Olympics are.

[Anonymous]

Unfair? I don't understand. You think there is a "market" for it in regards to viewership? There are folks demanding coverages? Please expand.

[Anonymous]

I have volunteered for both para- sports and Special Olympics for years. They are wonderful opportunities.
I do not see the obligation to provide coverage for these events.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has been bothering me for a long time.

Every four years, the world’s attention is drawn to the Olympic Games.

And we all get bombarded with constant adds, reminders, images, coverage etc. for months in advance of the Games.

Then we are again repeatedly assaulted for months afterwards, with athletes in adds who won gold and landed promotional gigs.

How is it in any way fair we fail to provide the same Media coverage to the Special Olympics?

It’s discrimination, really. An ugly form of modern bigotry, which no one wishes to speak about.

It certainly is not equitable.

Equitable would mean having those athletes compete against everyone else, with appropriate and reasonable accommodations based on their disabilities.

But it sounds like you don't actually want to see people treated equitably.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s nice that this organization exists and allows people to compete, but it’s not a moral failing if the average Joe doesn’t want to watch.

That has nothing to do with the network’s equitable obligation to provide equal coverage.

Like they provide equal coverage for men's and women's sports?

Title IX.

Not sure that applies to the Olympics or professional sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s nice that this organization exists and allows people to compete, but it’s not a moral failing if the average Joe doesn’t want to watch.

Who says the average Joe doesn’t want to watch?

That’s once said about women’s softball yet it makes as much money as many men’s sports except the big 2.

If you air it they will come.

Who watches women's softball? Is that even aired on TV? Beyond the Olympics themselves, the only women's sports I see on TV are basketball and volleyball (usually the beach variety).

[Anonymous]

The organizations are different, even tho they are called both called “olympics”. It’s like comparing media attention of Pro poker to nfl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s nice that this organization exists and allows people to compete, but it’s not a moral failing if the average Joe doesn’t want to watch.

That has nothing to do with the network’s equitable obligation to provide equal coverage.

Network tv is not a government entity. There’s no obligation to provide equal coverage.

In fact they bid to get the opportunity to cover the Olympics. NBC has won most recently but at one point it was aired on ABC. NBC actually only makes a small profit and some years lose money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s nice that this organization exists and allows people to compete, but it’s not a moral failing if the average Joe doesn’t want to watch.

Yes it is fool