No. LoL The girls in figure skating aren't what one would want to see...sans clothing. They're like...little girls.
If there is limited interest in Srs and no interest in Jrs figure skating then why should they be sponsored? Again this is the fault of the fans who only like certain disciplines and levels - NOT figure skating.But can you blame the fans for having "limited interest" in skating? Remember, you can't make somebody like a skater, or force them to watch coverage they don't wish to see. The senior events are struggling enough on TV, goodness knows how many would care about the J.G.P. enough to watch it on TV. Heck, even on skating boards no one but the most hard-core fans really discuss it.
I agree with that, and did not mean to imply more advertising was necessary. More talk on the street if anything. And hype something other than what is being hyped.Sean- you can hype, hype, hype all you want but you can only do so much to interest viewers. The performance of the skater speaks for itself. That said, I do think FS competitions on TV should be advertised a lot more. I bet some people who would have watched didn't because they didn't know it was on. Blame the USFS and ABC folks for that.
IMO, phone-in is a horrible idea. Makes it sound like a reality / gimmick TV gig.I haven't heard ANYTHING BTW for the upcoming Marshall's phone-in contest. How are people going to know about it so they can vote? It's one thing to create it but you have to make it known so you can give people the choice whether to tune in or not. Don't overdo it like NBC does with their worthless shows but at least get it out there.
Thank God for You Tube this season. There's lots ofbeautiful lady skaters 18 and over for the guys to look at and I don't mind looking at all..... but that unitard thing has got to go.
Reinstating Harding would just bring this already low "sport" to rock bottom. I also take it that it would disgust people more than intrigue them.
To increase the male viewers they can always offer free ticket to the superbowl by require them to watch the compitition and then text in some information regarding the event