I'm sure many of you were sleepless today wondering how the U.S. did in the Rugby World Cup...what's that, "the what?" -- Oh that thing that served as a vehicle for Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman? Yes, that one.
But in their ever moronic plan to compete with ESPN, NBC will not allow anyone with any interest in checking out the sport to actually watch it live by broadcasting in the sport starving channel they just bought "VS". No, they make sure that the only people that see these matches are those who will pay $25 to watch one match (Namibia vs. Georgia must have been a real eye grabber) -- which is a little expensive for the merely slightly curious.
Oh, and they lost of course -- it's a sport the Brits invented (or claim to) so naturally we're not very good.
Rising Hegemon
2 comments:
boy, that should get them $50 bucks,
I happened across the (delayed, of course) US v Ireland match a couple of weeks ago. It was a lot of fun, even for an American who doesn't know the rules. So yeah, this $25/each gouge is just idiotic. Even the hardcore rugby fans aren't shelling out that, nor the $150 for the entire Cup.
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