I’m so sick of dudes who think they’re having a “gotcha!” moment when they inform you of what they’ve heard Women, the monolith, have decided, so they can call you out on the fact that (gasp) you’re saying something contradictory! They’ve figured out our big lie, and disproven all of feminism (or, at least, they’ve…

I have no interest in the emotional journey, I just want to see people do amazing flips in the air in gymnastics, diving and bmx racing. Special features on where an athlete grew up and how proud their family are are not amazing, gravity defying feats and I do not care for them. This sounds like tv execs telling women…

No, they *think* they know what women want. They’re executives, after all. They’re wrong, and you are too if you think they are basing their decisions on anything close to reality.

People also keep forgetting that NBC spoiled the shit out of the London games IN THEIR OWN TEASERS. Just before airing the gymnastics round when Mahroney fell, they teased it with “shocking” and “heartbreaking.” I spent ALL DAY avoiding the internet coverage to watch it “live” and then NBC spoiled the outcome in the…

Nope. Thousands of tests have been done in the attempt to prove that men are more analytical, and every one of them has failed. Additionally, emotions are not quantifiable, so it can’t be proven that one gender is more emotional.

AAAHHH the Malala thing annoyed the HECK out of me. “Here are the Pakistani atheletes but perhaps the best ambassador for Pakistan is Malala... etc....” Way to just dismiss the people on the camera who have worked hard to get here (and there were a few women who I’m sure have ineresting stories).

I would argue that they have done a really bad job in figuring out what people want. Basically, their argument is that the American audience for the biggest sporting events of the year is mostly older women who like the stories but aren’t particularly interested in sports. Does that sound reasonable? Doesn’t it sound…

But we still like to watch sports live. Recorded sports are dumb because you already know who won. Whether we want videos about the athletes’ life stories doesn’t change that fact.

I dunno, my boyfriend is the one who always tells me every player’s life story as we watch a game. We also watch games where neither he nor I particularly care about who wins; he enjoys watching the sport to watch the actual game play out and says he likes sports because he appreciates the aesthetic beauty of…

I never watch the opening ceremonies. I find them boring. I find the aspect of “the journey” boring as well. I like to watch the athletes do athletic things. Like sports.

I think you make a really interesting point about sports that appeal to women (or people in general), not really available outside the Olypmics.

How could they possibly know? All they have ever offered is tape delay, long narrative elements, and short, edited pieces of the sports themselves.

It’s weird to me how some feminist actually denigrate things that women are into.

I disagree. If men only cared about the analytical, the run up to the draft wouldn’t exist and yet it is supremely popular on ESPN. On HBO, Bryant Gumbel and his Real Sports has been hailed as flat out “televisions best sports program” by countless media outlets and the viewers are almost exclusively male, despite the …

People are emotional, you idiot. Except for the sociopaths among us.

Well, that’s interesting since viewing is down.

If that were true, the ratings for Rio wouldn’t already be cratering. Also, it’s bullshit.

Oh, please. It’s not like men don’t buy in to this either. Football for example is very much about the journey. Ever watch the run up to the draft? Jesus, nothing but sob stories. Ever see the press coverage about a player who has come back from injury? The in depth details about shoulder surgery for a quarterback or…

Personally, I will be boycotting the NBC Olympic broadcasts until every graphic is done in pink, cursive writing with lots of hearts and flowers. Any of the following is acceptable:

Silly wimminz, with their emotions and shit. We know better than them what they want!