On Mar 13, 1:53*pm, Russell Watson <russell-wat...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 01:16:44 -0800 (PST), Kyle
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> <kyle.edmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Mar 12, 6:17 pm, Russell Watson <russell-wat...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:40:15 -0800 (PST), sturd
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> >> <mikesturdevant...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >All the way until Speed decides they'd rather show truck
> >> >qualifing than wait for a bunch of losers to decide to
> >> >start racing.
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> >> >In-****ing-credible.
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> >> >Go fast. Take chances.
> >> >Mike S.
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> >> Yeah, I was pretty ****ed off when they bailed on it at 3:30 EST to
> >> show NASCAR truck racing. Shows where bike racing rates here in the US
> >> because you can ****in'A well bet they would not switch coverage from
> >> the Daytona 500 for "scheduled programming" due to a delay.
> >> Any news on when they might carry the rest of the race or is it a case
> >> of we'll "see it in the funny papers"?
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> >I believe they aired the finish later in the evening. Probably
> >replacing one of the SBK races. Or perhaps they took over the slot for
> >one of the "Paid Programming" broadcasts? Either way, I probably won't
> >have it on my DVR because SpeedTV and DirecTV can't get their ****
> >together enough to list the races properly in the guide!
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> >I'm so fed up with SpeedTV and AMA / DMG!!
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> >They hype this race up so much and cut to not just Nascar... or Nascar
> >truck series... but Nascar truck series QUALIFYING!!! WTF?!?! Why
> >didn't it even surprise me?
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> Looks like they showed the rest of the race at 11:00 EST, but I was
> out at my baby sisiter's 41st lbirthday shindig and missed it. FWIW,
> the AMA facebook site sort of complained in an around-about fashioned
> about the Speed coverage lapse, responding to a comment by a viewer
> about it that "We desperately wanted that TV time...." It was
> delivered more as an apology for the length of the red flag eating up
> all the TV time, but I have to believe they are ****ed that Speed cut
> away, especially given what they cut away FOR, as you cite above.
I definitely think both AMA and SpeedTV screwed up! I'm not sure how
they think they are going to attract new viewers with this type of
****. They've gotta start taking screw ups like this seriously and
come up with plans to avoid doing it again in the future.
My suggestion is to LET THEM RACE!!!
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