- Joined
- Jun 21, 2003
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070121/SPORTS17/701210593/1048/BUSINESS05
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS&template=front (click on figure skating links in the second paragraph)
Detroit Free Press writer Jo-ann Barnas says:
"Figure skating is still the centerpiece of the Winter Olympics. Only thing is, the Olympics aren't what they used to be.
"And neither is figure skating...."
An interesting perspective from Tanith Belbin: ""I think it happens with any kind of entertainment, actually -- like a TV genre that's lost its viewers...."
I agree with that. In the 1960s half of the TV programs were cowboy shows. In the 1970s game shows were big. Now we have reality shows. That's just the way it goes. Something is popular for a while, then viewers turn to other interests.
On the bright side, Spokane is on pace to break the all-time attendance record for U.S. Nationals of 125,000 tickets sold. Since the population of Spokane is omly abot 200,000 people, that's a good turnout.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS&template=front (click on figure skating links in the second paragraph)
Detroit Free Press writer Jo-ann Barnas says:
"Figure skating is still the centerpiece of the Winter Olympics. Only thing is, the Olympics aren't what they used to be.
"And neither is figure skating...."
An interesting perspective from Tanith Belbin: ""I think it happens with any kind of entertainment, actually -- like a TV genre that's lost its viewers...."
I agree with that. In the 1960s half of the TV programs were cowboy shows. In the 1970s game shows were big. Now we have reality shows. That's just the way it goes. Something is popular for a while, then viewers turn to other interests.
On the bright side, Spokane is on pace to break the all-time attendance record for U.S. Nationals of 125,000 tickets sold. Since the population of Spokane is omly abot 200,000 people, that's a good turnout.