bulko@ut-sally.UUCP (William C. Bulko) (08/08/84)
< Cathy Rigby Mason => Cathy Rigby McCoy?? Report on THAT, ABC! >
I was watching a wrestling match on TV a few days ago, and I was really
getting into it: there was still a minute or two left in the last
round, and the outcome was still up for grabs, when suddenly Jim McKay's
face appeared on the screen. He calmly stated, "That match concluded
with the final score, US 9, ??? 1. Now, let's switch over to the
women's basketball game, where things are wrapping up. . ." When the
match appeared, there were 30 seconds left in the game, and the US
was leading by about 40 points!
Although I'm sure that everyone would be interested in knowing that
the US basketball team won the game, and that basketball is more popular
than wrestling, I think it was a display of very poor judgement on ABC's
part to conclude that watching the last few seconds of a rout would be
more entertaining to us that the last minute of a heated match. I liked
the rude disposal of the final scoreof the wrestling match even less.
--
Bill Bulko
Department of Computer Sciences
The University of Texas
{ihnp4,ctvax,seismo}!ut-sally!bulko
"Trust is a must or your game is a bust."
(Can anyone identify the author of that quote?)