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Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held
Posted By: Bob In Response To: Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held (RW "KC Swan" Lipp)
Date: Sunday, 3 September 2000, at 2:16 a.m. US Eastern Time
I have to agree with Pat McCurry.
I understand that commercials are a necessary evil (even on pay TV), but Fox showed a total disregard for the footy fan. Not only were the commercials shown in 5 minute blocks, but many were repeated within the same block. If Fox wanted to "front load", I would have preferred they do it in the pre-match music activities. After all, it’s supposed to be Fox SPORTS World (let’s see the sports), not Fox MUSIC World (although I DO want to hear Waltzing Matilda). If they want to put commercials within the game, probably a better way would have been to insert single commercials between a goal and the next center bounce.
I think the bottom line is that showing blocks of commercials is easier, and Fox didn’t want to go to the trouble to show them individually. After all, what is the fan going to do? Turn them off? They have the only game in town.
I wonder if Fox would have done this if it was a championship soccer match. But then, if it was soccer, would anyone care?
 How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Pat McCurry | Saturday, 2 September 2000, at 12:11 p.m. US Eastern Time |
 Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | RW "KC Swan" Lipp | Saturday, 2 September 2000, at 9:44 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Bob | Sunday, 3 September 2000, at 2:16 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Wisconsin Bomber | Sunday, 3 September 2000, at 3:34 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Pat McCurry | Sunday, 3 September 2000, at 4:09 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Van Dieman | Sunday, 3 September 2000, at 11:05 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Rob de Santos | Wednesday, 6 September 2000, at 2:37 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Bob | Wednesday, 6 September 2000, at 6:32 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Rob de Santos | Wednesday, 6 September 2000, at 7:00 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | nicole | Tuesday, 2 January 2001, at 9:04 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Rob de Santos | Tuesday, 2 January 2001, at 9:34 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Van Dieman | Tuesday, 2 January 2001, at 10:11 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | RW "KC Swan" Lipp | Tuesday, 16 January 2001, at 1:37 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Rob de Santos | Tuesday, 16 January 2001, at 2:25 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Van Dieman | Tuesday, 16 January 2001, at 4:50 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Rob de Santos | Tuesday, 16 January 2001, at 1:15 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Van Dieman | Tuesday, 16 January 2001, at 9:59 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | RW "KC Swan" Lipp | Monday, 4 September 2000, at 12:37 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: How the U.S. coverage of the Grand Final was held | Tony | Sunday, 3 September 2000, at 5:14 a.m. US Eastern Time |
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