NBC announces BC coverage

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

NBC wouldn't posibly hide from the tragic Pointsoffthebench story today I hope? He and his connections need to get their due on national tv even if it fuels the fire for animal cruelty crazies and a naive public. I'm just hoping NBC doesn't get scared of the possible reaction from a naive public and hide from it. Do the right thing and tell the story from beiginning to end NBC

I'm sure it'll come up when they cover the Sprint (they may or may not mention Take Control before the Marathon, it's not like he was one of the favorites like Points Offthebench). As for the story, well he broke a leg so I'm sure there'll be a few sadly delivered sentences, but a package piece is doubtful. They tend to want to do those to make people more interested in the outcome of what's to come, not think about something that happened before. The people in the know who are sad about Points Offthebench are already going to be watching and the casual fans that stumble into it aren't gonna be more likely to stick around if they hear about it. Just a fact of television. I can't believe they'd skip over it entirely though if only because he was a top contender.