Crist Article on TV Coverage

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Originally Posted by smuthg

As usual Steve Crist says what I think most racing fans have been thinking for years... Where are the networks? They'll put some fool doing back flips with his motorcycle on TV and show reruns of poker tournaments, but can't make room to show Rachel take on the boys and Mind That Bird in the WV Derby...

http://www.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do...7&subs=0&arc=0

some fool doing back flips outperforms horse racing, can you blame ESPN? TV stations dont really care what the programming is they want to make money, horse racing is expensive to produce compared to a rerun.