Unfortunately, a lot of videos from the current world championships have been taken down from YouTube. Instead of the videos, you now get a message:
Quite honestly, I am disgusted by this. Yesterday, Eurosport was supposed to show the Free Dance live. However, all we got instead was a stupid tennis match. I am told that they did eventually show the last 15 minutes, but I ended just watching it on YouTube. Eurosports coverage of Europeans was just as disappointing. As many of you will know, figure skating is a dying sport and there is so little coverage on TV now, that literally the only source of skating coverage is now on YouTube. Who's fault is that? Its the ISU. They have allowed the sport to go into decline and they have failed to ensure that events have adequate TV coverage. So why are they now actively getting YouTube videos taken down? I am appalled. Are they trying to now kill the sport off totally? With any sport, if people can't see it, then they are going to vote with their feet and walk away. I have had to watch most of the events this season on a computer, mostly via YouTube. Finding a feed or the videos on YouTube is a real chore, and I at some stages this season have really wondered whether it is really worth the effort any longer. If the ISU are going to start getting YouTube videos taken down, then quite frankly a lot of what is left of the figure skating audience will probably vote with its feet. There are plenty of other sports out there that are a lot easier to follow in terms of TV coverage. YouTube has become for figure skating, the last really reliable source of coverage. If the ISU kill that, then they will probably kill off the sport in its entirety.
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Quite honestly, I am disgusted by this. Yesterday, Eurosport was supposed to show the Free Dance live. However, all we got instead was a stupid tennis match. I am told that they did eventually show the last 15 minutes, but I ended just watching it on YouTube. Eurosports coverage of Europeans was just as disappointing. As many of you will know, figure skating is a dying sport and there is so little coverage on TV now, that literally the only source of skating coverage is now on YouTube. Who's fault is that? Its the ISU. They have allowed the sport to go into decline and they have failed to ensure that events have adequate TV coverage. So why are they now actively getting YouTube videos taken down? I am appalled. Are they trying to now kill the sport off totally? With any sport, if people can't see it, then they are going to vote with their feet and walk away. I have had to watch most of the events this season on a computer, mostly via YouTube. Finding a feed or the videos on YouTube is a real chore, and I at some stages this season have really wondered whether it is really worth the effort any longer. If the ISU are going to start getting YouTube videos taken down, then quite frankly a lot of what is left of the figure skating audience will probably vote with its feet. There are plenty of other sports out there that are a lot easier to follow in terms of TV coverage. YouTube has become for figure skating, the last really reliable source of coverage. If the ISU kill that, then they will probably kill off the sport in its entirety.