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Posted by Ryan Patridge at 04/26/2001 1:35 PM EST


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In Reply to: Why do we need the media?
Posted by Matt Leese on 04/26/2001 12:34 PM EST:



Excellent attitude, Matt, though I disagree about not catering to public entertainment. So far, I've only heard a lot of complaining from people who think they deserve more attention from the media. It's like they don't understand how TV broadcasting works.

Though I think national, semi-regular coverage (a la ESPN, TLC, or whatever) would be excellent for FIRST, I agree with Matt that it's not worth it if it means sacrificing the spirit of the competition.

I hope they are able to make next year's game more relevant to reality and less difficult to understand, without sacrificing its intelligent qualities. I think the arbitrary, childish aspect of doing things like putting balls in goals and balancing goals on bridges is the main reason the media has been uninterested in broadcasting the competitions. Maybe I'm just a bit disaffected, but I got pretty bored seeing the same, uninteresting things happen over and over again. Then again, that's how most sports are, which is why I don't like watching them either.


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