The "greatest two minutes in sports" aside...

[Gate Dancer]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

... I'm wondering your thoughts on the following...

Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski joining the NBC coverage

The boycott

The reaction of the general public, horseplayers, press, PETA protesters et al should Asmussen have a good day

1. Well, first of all, I had to 'google' Johnny Weir because I had forgotten who he was. But NBC will get exactly a shade over 2 minutes of my viewing time. I will not be watching anymore than I have to. Like most major events the host network will water down its coverage with 'fluff'. It's really difficult with horse-racing since the build up actually becomes the show.

2. I only get involved with Churchill a few days a year anyway and has been said before, they really aren't concerned with the horseplayer other than a couple of days either.

3. General public may 'boo' Asmussen a bit but by the evening news most will have forgotten him and be nursing a hangover by then. Horseplayers know what they get from Asmussen, no impact at all from them. The press will throw in a paragraph citing all his prior offenses in any article written post race. PETA has destroyed their own image with all their 'over the top' antics. They are nothing but a fund raising organization to pay the folks at the top of the organization. No credibility whatsoever.