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Originally Posted by David Brinza
The pinnacle event of the FIRST competition season was not televised because NASA TV switched to other scheduled programming at 6 pm EDT. I'm sure there were many viewers (including my wife) who were disappointed  with the dropped coverage. Yes, there was a web-cast feed, but depending on the internet service, watching the matches can vary from acceptable to unbearable. |
Maybe if the Einstein Finals could be kept to their scheduled time, the entire event could be shown.
The "Heidi Bowl" fiasco got so many complaints that now network tv delays later programs to finish up games. They don't like it, but they do it for the fans. FIRST doesn't have enough general-population fans to get that kind of leverage, whether it's network tv, widely available cable, or niche cable channels. So FIRST has to get themselves back on schedule. (And then maybe, just maybe, the food at the party might be somewhere near warm ... )