Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 It's technically a sport, but still ESPN's audience doesn't want to watch Figure Skating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BeefMan5000 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 I think it's to make more people watch the Sugar Bowl since the Sugar Bowl is on ABC and ABC owns ESPN. They do this during the monday night football games too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Shadow Behind You Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Precisely. If they put on something else, people would watch that. Hence why no college basketball is on Monday's during ABC Monday football. If they put Poker on there, it'd get ratings. Figure staking forces people to watch the bowl game if they want to get a sports fix and if anything draws the female demo who didn't want to watch the game and happened to see this. Figure Skating isn't a sport. Sports aren't judged competitions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Lack of NHL Hockey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 It's a legit enough sport. And not near as offensive as poker, darts, the magic card game, or bass fishing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nl5xsk1 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Darts are actually fun to watch on TV. I couldn't give a shit about the other 'sports' that you listed, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Figure Skating isn't a sport. Sports aren't judged competitions. Does that mean boxing isn't a sport? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Figure Skating isn't a sport. Sports aren't judged competitions. Does that mean boxing isn't a sport? I don't know what's a sport and what's just an athletic competition anymore. Either way, there's no way I could do what those figure skaters do. It's technically a sport, but still ESPN's audience doesn't want to watch Figure Skating. If the game were not a Bowl game, I'm sure that figure skating would be on ABC and football would be on ESPN... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Figure Skating isn't a sport. Sports aren't judged competitions. Does that mean boxing isn't a sport? But at least boxing has other means of winning relating to the competitors themselves (KO or TKO). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Figure Skating isn't a sport. Sports aren't judged competitions. Does that mean boxing isn't a sport? But at least boxing has other means of winning relating to the competitors themselves (KO or TKO). <insert dated Tonya Harding joke here> Anyways, I think it would be fun to DQ a skater after the third fall, or see the skater's coach throw in the towel during a brutal performance. I might even start watching... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 It's a legit enough sport. And not near as offensive as poker, darts, the magic card game, or bass fishing. Or hot dog eating contests. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Unless you're Hoff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Or hot dog eating contests. That contest is both revolting and compelling at the same time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 Or hot dog eating contests. That contest is both revolting and compelling at the same time. Much like spelling bee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 No one mentioned the televised Scrabble. Man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Robfather 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 But at least boxing has other means of winning relating to the competitors themselves (KO or TKO). Ah, but given the BCS rating system, is college football even a sport? A team like Auburn ran the table in arguably the toughest division and doesn't get a shot at the national title. That's nonsense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 No one mentioned the televised Scrabble. Man. I remember that. Chuck Woolery was the host. It really had nothing to do with Scrabble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 I kind of remember that too. It was on ESPN? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 USA I think Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 No, I don't mean the game show. I mean they had actual Scrabble competitions on ESPN and ESPN2. With commentators. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2005 I can only hope the commentators had as good of a vocabulary as the players! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
