From: jeannegrrl	Date: August 13th, 2008 01:15 am (UTC)		(Link)

why on earth is it worthy of PRIME TIME COVERAGE?
um.... pretty, fit, females w/ bouncing boobies means more viewers which means networks can demand more $$ from sponsers? OK maybe not "worthy" but it's no mystery to me why it's on in prime time. :-)

	From: mscongeniality	Date: August 13th, 2008 01:23 am (UTC)		(Link)

Why is target shooting with rifles an olympic sport?

I have to admit that I've been won over by beach volleyball. It's enough of a variation on standard volleyball and the variable surface of the sand has got to make it a pain to get anywhere fast. As for why it's on prime time, that's easy. It's because the US is almost guaranteed to win the gold medals in both the men's and women's matchups.

	From: ginamariewade	Date: August 13th, 2008 01:42 am (UTC)		(Link)

Do you really have to ask why a sport that involves women in bikinis is on prime time?


Do you really have to ask?

As to why you are entranced by it - people rubberneck at train wrecks, too.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: August 13th, 2008 01:59 am (UTC)		(Link)

why do the men get full coverage and the women wear bikinis? come on, bikinis? is that sports gear in this day and age?

rifling goes back decades, though, and there are tons of shooting medals.

	From: kitsunebeast	Date: August 13th, 2008 05:13 am (UTC)		(Link)

They spent the entire women's match yesterday discussing the female player who's wedding ring flew off during competition, the metal detectors used for the search for said ring, how her husband the professional volleyball player had never lost his ring, what she gave the nice Chinese volunteer who found the ring, etc. Which just goes to show, the announcers don't think it's much of an Olympic Sport either.

	From: pocketnaomi	Date: August 13th, 2008 03:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)

It gets prime time coverage because there are Americans who are good at it. This is the same reason it became an Plympic sport in the first place.

From: (Anonymous)	Date: August 13th, 2008 08:14 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Watching the Olympics, you'd think the only sports were beach volleyball, gymnastics, and swimming. I don't understand why a more broad survey of the competitions cannot be shown.
Rifle sports seem fine to me, as many of the purer sports have to do with survival or combat skills. Beach volleyball won't save your life.
I am actually surprised fencing hasn't been shown. Fencing typically has not been shown, but the American women do very well now in sabre, not my favorite weapon but a weapon that could be exciting to an audience unfamiliar with fencing, what with the whipping and all. But no, show boring, slow-paced water polo instead, go right ahead.