NBC Sports - Oaks?

[Merlinsky]

Okay this is ridiculous. They didn't put up racing coverage of their last major preps aired on NBC Sports and I thought there was some licensing issue. I dunno, I just figured there was something going on I was unaware of. They always put it up normally. Now they've had all evening and not put up their Oaks/pre-Derby coverage *and* there's a featured piece of a couple minutes long about how horses can die sometimes and humans can fail them, then they cite Santa Anita.

That's when I realized it was 2.5 min not 2.5 hrs, and clicked off that lil think piece. Why feature that and not the racing? Some sort of PETA-y behavior on their part? What's with this? Is there an obligation to show it live contractually but they won't draw more heat than necessary and put the stuff up online? I didn't record this because I expected to be able to come home and watch it on the NBC Sports app. They've had multi-platform exposure before. Is this damage control?