Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Not everyone loves darts on TV
I did enjoy the broadcast today, because it's not often that you get to see that many USA dart players at once on TV, and some of the USA qualifiers were very impressive. I also thought that the commentator did a good job explaining the game during the broadcast.
There were some things that I didn't care for during the broadcast, but I wait for another day to deal with those. However it seems that not everyone agrees with me....
Poker, dominoes, darts: sad commentary on the TV sporting public:
By Tom Reed
Akron Beacon Journal
(MCT)
ESPN dedicated a two-hour block of programming Tuesday night to the World Series of Darts and World Series of Poker.
It begs one question: How long must viewers wait for the World Series of Twister?
Picture Stuart Scott twirling the spinner and breathlessly barking out: Left hand, red. Right foot, blue. Imagine Chris Berman calling the action: 'Look at Eugene Pennypacker, a daredevil of dexterity, as he reaches with both hands over his opponent and arches his back, back, back.'
At least with Twister someone would have the potential to pop a hamstring. You could watch hours of poker and darts and not see a competitor break as much as a sweat.
Poker. Darts. Dominoes. What has our sports nation allowed itself to become?"
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2 comments:
Hi Darttalker enjoy reading your blog, jeez this guy doesn't really have a clue does he? Can't he see the skill that goes into throwing darts???? Would be interesting to see him throw lol!!
Some guys just don't get it. They look at someone that is highly skilled and think they "make it look so effortless" that it can't be enough of a challange to make it a sport. I say that give a set of darts against a strong player, and sit back and prepare to laugh!
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