A British Open Double Bogey
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From: TMC on 24 Jul 2010 01:32 http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney/2010/07/a-british-open-double-bogey/ July 21, 2010 - 2:26 pm Michael Ozanian is National Editor at Forbes ESPN and the PGA Tour were big losers last week at the British Open. With no Tiger Woods, no John Daly and, quite frankly, no one anyone cares about in contention television ratings were horrible. Walt Disney's ESPN earned a 2.1 rating for Sunday's final round, less than 3 million households and the lowest in the Open's history. Indeed, the Open was lower than the NHL's Winter Classic's 2.6 rating this past season when the Flyers-Bruins contest was shown on NBC. I don't want to hear any garbage about how this was the first year the Open was broadcast entirely on cable. The bottom line for golf: there are very few golfers people will watch and the sport's biggest draws (Tom Watson, John Daly, Tiger Woods) are on their way out or stuck in the rough.
From: johnty on 24 Jul 2010 04:07 On 24 July, 06:32, TMC <tmc1...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney/2010/07/a-british-open-double-bogey/ > > July 21, 2010 - 2:26 pm > > Michael Ozanian is National Editor at Forbes > > ESPN and the PGA Tour were big losers last week at the British Open. > With no Tiger Woods, no John Daly and, quite frankly, no one anyone > cares about in contention television ratings were horrible. Walt > Disney's ESPN earned a 2.1 rating for Sunday's final round, less than > 3 million households and the lowest in the Open's history. Indeed, the > Open was lower than the NHL's Winter Classic's 2.6 rating this past > season when the Flyers-Bruins contest was shown on NBC. I don't want > to hear any garbage about how this was the first year the Open was > broadcast entirely on cable. The bottom line for golf: there are very > few golfers people will watch and the sport's biggest draws (Tom > Watson, John Daly, Tiger Woods) are on their way out or stuck in the > rough. How were the PGA Tour big losers?
From: R&B on 24 Jul 2010 23:14 On 2010-07-24 01:32:52 -0400, TMC said: > http://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney/2010/07/a-british-open-double-bogey/ > > July 21, 2010 - 2:26 pm > > Michael Ozanian is National Editor at Forbes > > ESPN and the PGA Tour were big losers last week at the British Open. > With no Tiger Woods, no John Daly and, quite frankly, no one anyone > cares about in contention television ratings were horrible. Walt > Disney's ESPN earned a 2.1 rating for Sunday's final round, less than > 3 million households and the lowest in the Open's history. Indeed, the > Open was lower than the NHL's Winter Classic's 2.6 rating this past > season when the Flyers-Bruins contest was shown on NBC. I don't want > to hear any garbage about how this was the first year the Open was > broadcast entirely on cable. The bottom line for golf: there are very > few golfers people will watch and the sport's biggest draws (Tom > Watson, John Daly, Tiger Woods) are on their way out or stuck in the > rough. Like it or not, the fact that the British Open was entirely on cable had a lot to do with its lackluster ratings. Take Monday Night Football as a parallel. The ratings have never been as good on ESPN Monday Night Football as they were, even in the worst of years, on ABC Monday Night Football. Combine that with the fact that the leaderboard at the British Open was one of the weakest (in terms of box office value) in the history of any major championship since I've been following golf, which would date back to the early '80s), and, well, it's no surprise the ratings were in the toilet. Now, I would caution you about one thing: The funny thing about making predictions in the age of the internet is that once you've made your prediction, it lives forever. Whether the game's biggest draws (Watson, Daly, Woods -- although I would argue there are others bigger these days than Watson or Daly...you know, like Mickelson, Els, and a few others) are on their way out, well, only time will tell. I think it's a little premature to write off Mr. Woods just yet. He still has a ways to go to climb out of the dumpster he's put himself in. But he's been pretty low in his career before (remember '98). Watson is through. He had his chance last year at The Open Championship. And Daly's best years are clearly behind him. Where you get off including those two in a general heading of "the game's biggest draws" today is somewhat baffling. You must not follow golf very closely. Randy
From: Frank Ketchum on 25 Jul 2010 11:45 "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message news:2010072423143157098-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom... > > Now, I would caution you about one thing: The funny thing about making > predictions in the age of the internet is that once you've made your > prediction, it lives forever. That certainly is an issue for you Obama supporters.
From: William Clark on 25 Jul 2010 15:02
In article <tRY2o.23124$0A5.18616(a)newsfe22.iad>, "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message > news:2010072423143157098-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom... > > > > Now, I would caution you about one thing: The funny thing about making > > predictions in the age of the internet is that once you've made your > > prediction, it lives forever. > > That certainly is an issue for you Obama supporters. Indeed - "Mission Accomplished" :-) |