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Originally Posted by Travis Stone
I really never understand the knocking of ABC, NBC or anyones coverage of horse racing.
ESPN is ESPN, not ESPN OTB. ABC is ABC, and not ABC OTB.
They put horse racing on the air to entertain general audiences in addition to racing fans. General audiences could care less about who ran fourth, they want to know who just won the race.
The same argument applies to their camera angles. To a non-racing fan, the pan shot is BORING.
They correctly assume the majority of people who are serious bettors are not on their couch but at a track or an OTB. The majority of people watching horse racing on a day like the Belmont are 3x a year race watchers and they are watching to be entertained, not informed.
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nope, not an otb-just a show that drags on far too long to show 2 1/2 minutes of racing. as for assuming most bettors are at an otb-plenty of people don't need to leave their house to bet. that's why i said i taped it to watch later, so i could fast forward thru countless minutes of filler-time they could spend showing races such as the manhattan. i'm not 'entertained' by their coverage at all-it's boring.
btw, why should a 'casual' fans opinion mean more than mine?