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I don't think the average American
Posted by Noel (more from Noel) on Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:59:35
In Reply to: Yearly rant ...U.S. media ignores Tour once again..., 91Aero.jr, Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:48:42
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considers bicycle racing a sport, so there is little coverage.
For the most part, Americans like "little boy games" that require a team, a ball, and usually some kind of stick to hit it with. And since sports writers are all oriented towards those sports they all but ignore more individual sports like bicycle racing. Stuff like NASCAR is an exception, but auto racing has always been popular.
I know this is a bit of a blanket statement, but IMHO it's a big part of why the Tour de France coverage is so poor.
And as another poster notes, Americans have no idea how hard bicycle racing is. These guys are doing centuries everyday, at average speeds of 20-25+ mph. Most people couldn't do that for more than a mile.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Yearly rant ...U.S. media ignores Tour once again..., 91Aero.jr, Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:48:42
- Thank GOD for OLN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Kris, Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:51:10
- I don't think the average American, Noel, Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:59:35 <-- Viewing This Message
- next year could be ugly, WFVIGGEN, Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:14:42
- Re: Yearly rant ...U.S. media ignores Tour once again..., David Jordan, Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:21:53
- u think its bad now...., jjtriumph, Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:49:53
- Re: Yearly rant ...U.S. media ignores Tour once again.., Dan , Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:51:09
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