how bad is nbc olympic coverage, including scheduling, streaming, programming decisions, commentary,

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5. NBC's coverage of the Olympics has always sucked

I stopped watching the Olympics when they took over. It just is not pleasurable to watch bits and pieces of only the events where Americans were at the top or that got good ratings on American TV. I'd like to see the best in the world in a wide range of sports, not just hours of sports Americans prefer and that our own athletes win top honors in.

From the first time they covered the Olympics they have not held to any schedule published ahead of time. That first year NBC offered dedicated channels for large satellite dish owners. A friend subscribed so she could see more of the equestrian events (she was a professional rider so it was worth the money to her). Not once were the equestrian events broadcast on the channels at the times NBC published to their subscribers. She could not sit up all night to watch live so would set her VCR by the published schedule and never got one minute of the events she had paid a high fee to see. It took her two years of wrangling with NBC and threatening legal action to have the money she had paid refunded.

Until some other network gets the contract to cover the Olympics I will watch the few events I want to see on YouTube or buy video of them.